Multisensory information boosts numerical matching abilities in young children

Developmental Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 205-213

  Jordan, Kerry E ^a   Baker, Joseph ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VISION;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79954627448     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2010.00966.x     Document Type: Article

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