The generative basis of natural number concepts

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 213-218

  Leslie, Alan M ^a   Gelman, Rochel ^a   Gallistel, C R ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPATIBILITY; NUMBER CONCEPTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS; REASONING;

NUMBER THEORY;

ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MEMORY; NONHUMAN;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING; THINKING;

EID: 44549088994     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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