Crossing the Divide: Infants Discriminate Small From Large Numerosities

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1583-1594

  Cordes, Sara ^a   Brannon, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

analog magnitudes; infant numerical abilities; numerical cognition; object files

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; VISION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 72149113351     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015666     Document Type: Article

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