Numerosity and number signs in deaf Nicaraguan adults

Cognition

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 427-436

  Flaherty, Molly ^a   Senghas, Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Language and thought; Nicaraguan sign language; Number; Sign language

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MEMORY; NICARAGUA; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NUMBER; NUMEROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGN LANGUAGE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; NICARAGUA; SIGN LANGUAGE;

EID: 80055097822     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2011.07.007     Document Type: Article

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