Find the picture of eight turtles: A link between children's counting and their knowledge of number word semantics

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-51

  Slusser, Emily B ^a   Sarnecka, Barbara W ^b  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardinality; Children; Counting; Language acquisition; Number words; Numerosity

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS;

AFFECT; ATTENTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SEMANTICS;

EID: 79957623545     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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