Number sense in human infants

Developmental Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 88-101

  Xu, Fei ^a,c   Spelke, Elizabeth S ^b   Goddard, Sydney ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATHEMATICS; VISION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATHEMATICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 12844255920     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2005.00395.x     Document Type: Article

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