Quantity representation in children and rhesus monkeys: Linear versus logarithmic scales

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 225-233

  Beran, Michael J ^a   Johnson Pynn, Julie S ^b   Ready, Christopher ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisection task; Children; Monkeys; Quantity judgments; Representational scale

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MACACA; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 43849109161     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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