Neurocognitive approaches to developmental disorders of numerical and mathematical cognition: The perils of neglecting the role of development

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-129

  Ansari, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult neuropsychology; Atypical development; Developmental cognitive neuroscience; Developmental disorders; Numerical cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 75849119142     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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