Domain-specific and domain-general changes in children's development of number comparison

Developmental Science

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 644-649

  Holloway, Ian D ^a   Ansari, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 49549104792     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2008.00712.x     Document Type: Article

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