Representation of the cardinality principle: Early conception of error in a counterfactual test

Cognition

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-89

  Freeman, Norman H ^a   Antonucci, Cristina ^a   Lewis, Charlie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardinality; Counterfactual reasoning; Counting; Miscounting; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CARDINALITY PRINCIPLE; COUNTERFACTUAL REASONING;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

ATTENTION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; HUMAN; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THINKING; TRAINING; VARIANCE;

EID: 0033991537     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-0277(99)00064-5     Document Type: Article

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