The Development of Language and Abstract Concepts: The Case of Natural Number

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-38

  Condry, Kirsten F ^a   Spelke, Elizabeth S ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive development; language and thought; mathematics education; number concepts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THINKING;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICS; THINKING;

EID: 39449099328     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.137.1.22     Document Type: Article

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