A dissociation between two classes of spatial abilities in elementary school children

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A dissociation between two classes of spatial abilities in elementary school children. / Heil, Cathleen.
Spatial Cognition XI - 11th International Conference, Spatial Cognition 2018: Proceedings. Springer, 2018. p. 228-243 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 11034 LNAI).

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Heil, C 2018, A dissociation between two classes of spatial abilities in elementary school children. in Spatial Cognition XI - 11th International Conference, Spatial Cognition 2018: Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 11034 LNAI, Springer, pp. 228-243, 11th International Conference on Spatial Cognition 2018, Tubingen, Germany, 05.09.18. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96385-3_16

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Heil, C. (2018). A dissociation between two classes of spatial abilities in elementary school children. In Spatial Cognition XI - 11th International Conference, Spatial Cognition 2018: Proceedings (pp. 228-243). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 11034 LNAI). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96385-3_16

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Heil C. A dissociation between two classes of spatial abilities in elementary school children. In Spatial Cognition XI - 11th International Conference, Spatial Cognition 2018: Proceedings. Springer. 2018. p. 228-243. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-96385-3_16

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