Psychological foundations of number: Numerical competence in human infants

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 296-303

  Wynn, Karen ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; HABITUATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL CAPACITY; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW;

EID: 0032146331     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6613(98)01203-0     Document Type: Article

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