The development of area discrimination and its implications for number representation in infancy

Developmental Science

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Brannon, Elizabeth M ^a   Lutz, Donna ^a   Cordes, Sara ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; INFANT; MALE; TIME; VISION;

ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33750298292     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2006.00530.x     Document Type: Article

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