Numerical abilities, the impossible event, and inhibition in two- and three-year-olds

Cahiers de Psychologie Cognitive

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-102

  Houdé, Olivier ^a   Sicard, Corinne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Activation inhibition strategy; Arithmetic operations; Cognitive linguistic reorganization; Conservation; Numerical abilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039336540     PISSN: 02499185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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