Ratio abstraction by 6-month-old infants

Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 740-745

  McCrink, Koleen ^a,b   Wynn, Karen ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; VISION;

COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; MATHEMATICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34547605313     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01969.x     Document Type: Article

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