A model of knower-level behavior in number concept development

Cognitive Science

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-67

  Lee, Michael D ^a   Sarnecka, Barbara W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian modeling; Give N task; Knower level theory; Number concept development

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953214218     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2009.01063.x     Document Type: Article

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