Heterogeneity impairs numerical matching but not numerical ordering in preschool children

Developmental Science

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 431-440

  Cantlon, Jessica ^a   Fink, Rebecca ^a   Safford, Kelley ^a   Brannon, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REACTION TIME; REVIEW;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 34249822209     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2007.00597.x     Document Type: Review

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