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Gesture is more effective than spatial language in encoding spatial information

Wing-Chee SoDepartment of Educational Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong KongCorrespondence[email protected]
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Priscilla Lok-Chee ShumDepartment of Educational Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
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Miranda Kit-Yi WongDepartment of Educational Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
Pages 2384-2401 | Received 04 Nov 2014, Accepted 30 Jan 2015, Published online: 16 Mar 2015

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