Why the verbal counting principles are constructed out of representations of small sets of individuals: A reply to Gallistel

Cognition

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 650-662

  Le Corre, Mathieu ^a   Carey, Susan ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; LOGIC; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERBAL COUNTING; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 41349095000     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2007.09.008     Document Type: Note

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