Spatial and numerical abilities without a complete natural language

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 924-936

  Hyde, Daniel C ^a   Winkler Rhoades, Nathan ^a   Lee, Sang Ah ^a   Izard, Veronique ^a   Shapiro, Kevin A ^a,b,c   Spelke, Elizabeth S ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Counting; Deaf; Geometry; Reorientation; Symbol use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEAFNESS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 79954421307     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.12.017     Document Type: Article

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