Toddler subtraction with large sets: Further evidence for an analog-magnitude representation of number

Developmental Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-39

  Slaughter, Virginia ^a   Kamppi, Dorian ^a   Paynter, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 33645020789     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2005.00460.x     Document Type: Article

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