@article{ref1,
title="Interpretation of the spatial prepositions 'in front of' and 'behind'",
journal="International journal of behavioral development",
year="1981",
author="Cox, M. V.",
volume="4",
number="3",
pages="359-368",
abstract="Children aged 4 to 9 years and adults were asked to place a cube or a ball 'in front of or 'behind' a featuredor a nonfeatured-object. Although most children and adults responded on the basis of the inherent features of the object, a significant number of adults responded to the observer orientation cue. As expected, the nonfeatured-object task was difficult for the children, but they did not respond randomly; like the adults, most of them used the observer orientation cue. The results were discussed with reference to an analogy with over-extensions resulting from a child's unfamiliarity with linguistic alternatives, Piaget's theory of the development of spatial concepts, and the preferred explanation of responses determined by a prominent cue masking competing cues.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0165-0254",
doi="10.1177/016502548100400304",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/016502548100400304"
}