Automatic quantity processing in 5-year olds and adults

Cognitive Processing

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-142

  Gebuis, Titia ^a   Cohen Kadosh, Roi ^b   De Haan, Edward ^a   Henik, Avishai ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Automatic; Children; Numerical cognition; Numerical Stroop task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67249111361     PISSN: 16124782     EISSN: 16124790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10339-008-0219-x     Document Type: Article

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