Symbolic and nonsymbolic number comparison in children with and without dyscalculia

Cognition

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-25

  Mussolin, Christophe ^a   Mejias, Sandrine ^a   Noël, Marie Pascale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Developmental dyscalculia; Number magnitude; Numerical comparison

Indexed keywords

ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSCALCULIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77249153989     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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