Spatial representations of numbers in children and their connection with calculation abilities

Cortex

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 420-428

  Lonnemann, Jan ^a,b   Krinzinger, Helga ^a   Knops, André ^a,b,c   Willmes, Klaus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Development; Gender differences; Mental number line; Number processing; Visuospatial processing

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; REACTION TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 44249104194     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2007.08.015     Document Type: Article

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