Beyond the number domain

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 83-91

  Cantlon, Jessica F ^a,c   Platt, Michael L ^a,b   Brannon, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL SPECIES; NUMBER SYSTEMS;

TALL BUILDINGS;

OFFICE BUILDINGS;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NERVE CELL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; SYMBOLISM; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; PARIETAL LOBE;

EID: 58749099579     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2008.11.007     Document Type: Review

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