Non-verbal numerical cognition: From reals to integers

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 59-65

  Gallistel, C R ^a   Gelman, Rochel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARITHMETIC; COGNITION; MATHEMATICS; REVIEW; THINKING;

EID: 0033968177     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6613(99)01424-2     Document Type: Review

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