Findings of addition and subtraction in infants are robust and consistent: Reply to Wakeley, Rivera, and Langer

Child Development

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1535-1536

  Wynn, Karen ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NOTE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ATTENTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 0034328789     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00245     Document Type: Review

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