Small and large number processing in infants and toddlers with Williams syndrome

Developmental Science

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 637-643

  Van Herwegen, Jo ^a   Ansari, Daniel ^b   Xu, Fei ^c   Karmiloff Smith, Annette ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; INFANT; MATHEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VISION; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; INFANT; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 49549120153     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2008.00711.x     Document Type: Article

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