Spontaneous analog number representations in 3-year-old children

Developmental Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 289-297

  Cantlon, Jessica F ^a   Safford, Kelley E ^a   Brannon, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; SERIAL LEARNING; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 76949100116     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00887.x     Document Type: Article

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