Large number discrimination in 6-month-old infants

Cognition

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2000, Pages

  Xu, Fei ^a   Spelke, Elizabeth S ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infants; Number discrimination

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ENGINEERING; PHYSIOLOGY;

INFANTS;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HABITUATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MATHEMATICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL PROCESSES;

EID: 0033991536     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-0277(99)00066-9     Document Type: Article

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