How Spencer made number: First uses of the number words

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 427-444

  Mix, Kelly S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Early childhood; Numeracy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 61349150503     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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