Neural signatures of number processing in human infants: Evidence for two core systems underlying numerical cognition

Developmental Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 360-371

  Hyde, Daniel C ^a   Spelke, Elizabeth S ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VISION;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN WAVES; COGNITION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79954613652     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2010.00987.x     Document Type: Article

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