Newborn infants perceive abstract numbers

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 10382-10385

  Izard, Vé Ronique ^a   Sann, Coralie ^b   Spelke, Elizabeth S ^a   Streri, Arlette ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Cognitive; Development; Numerical cognition

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACT NUMERICAL REPRESENTATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 67649875592     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0812142106     Document Type: Article

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