Typical and atypical development of visual estimation abilities

Cortex

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 758-768

  Ansari, Daniel ^a,b   Donlan, Chris ^c   Karmiloff Smith, Annette ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental disorders; Estimation; Numerical cognition; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DYSCALCULIA; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPONSE TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

EID: 34547514539     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70504-5     Document Type: Article

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