Basic numerical capacities and prevalence of developmental dyscalculia: The Havana survey

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 123-135

  Reigosa Crespo, Vivian ^a   Valdés Sosa, Mitchell ^a   Butterworth, Brian ^b   Estévez, Nancy ^a   Rodríguez, Marisol ^a   Santos, Elsa ^a   Torres, Paul ^c   Suárez, Ramón ^d   Lage, Agustín ^a  

^a Cuban Centre for Neuroscience   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Central Institute of Pedagogical Sciences   (Cuba)

^d Department of Biostatistics   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Arithmetic fluency; Developmental dyscalculia; Enumeration; Numerical magnitude comparison; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CUBA; DYSCALCULIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CUBA; DYSCALCULIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84860807493     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025356     Document Type: Article

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