Individual differences in non-verbal number acuity correlate with maths achievement

Nature

Volumn 455, Issue 7213, 2008, Pages 665-668

  Halberda, Justin ^a   Mazzocco, Michèle M M ^a,b   Feigenson, Lisa ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COGNITION; EDUCATION; EVOLUTION; HOMINID; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; PERCEPTION; STUDENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; EDUCATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATHEMATICS; SCHOOLS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 53349164253     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07246     Document Type: Article

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