Predicting sights from sounds: 6-month-olds' intermodal numerical abilities

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 347-361

  Feigenson, Lisa ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximate number system; Estimation; Infancy; Intermodal processes; Number; Numerical cognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOUND;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SOUND;

EID: 79960438530     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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