Developmental trajectory of number acuity reveals a severe impairment in developmental dyscalculia

Cognition

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-41

  Piazza, Manuela ^a,b   Facoetti, Andrea ^c,d   Trussardi, Anna Noemi ^c,e   Berteletti, Ilaria ^c   Conte, Stefano ^e   Lucangeli, Daniela ^c   Dehaene, Stanislas ^a   Zorzi, Marco ^c  

^a Inserm CEA Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^e Azienda Ospedaliera di Bergamo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Developmental dyscalculia; Non symbolic number comparison; Numerical cognition; Numerical development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DYSCALCULIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MATHEMATICS; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952888628     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2010.03.012     Document Type: Article

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