Small subitizing range in people with Williams syndrome

Visual Cognition

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 289-312

  O'Hearn, Kirsten ^a   Hoffman, James E ^b   Landau, Barbara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Enumeration; Indexes; Number; Visuospatial

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

EID: 79952528365     PISSN: 13506285     EISSN: 14640716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13506285.2010.535994     Document Type: Article

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