Children's representation of symbolic magnitude: The development of the priming distance effect

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 480-489

  Reynvoet, Bert ^a   De Smedt, Bert ^a   Van den Bussche, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Comparison; Development; Number representation; Numerical cognition; Priming; Symbolic magnitude

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; REACTION TIME; SYMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 67349246456     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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