Preschoolers' magnitude comparisons are mediated by a preverbal analog mechanism

Psychological Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 147-152

  Huntley Fenner, Gavin ^a   Cannon, Erin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 0034158413     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00230     Document Type: Article

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