Effects of finger counting on numerical development the opposing views of neurocognition and mathematics education

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue NOV, 2011, Pages

  Moeller, Korbinian ^a,b   Martignon, Laura ^c   Wessolowski, Silvia ^c   Engel, Joachim ^c   Nuerk, Hans Christoph ^a,b  

^a KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c LUDWIGSBURG UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Germany)

Author keywords

Finger counting; Mathematics education; Neurocognitive; Numerical development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862667114     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00328     Document Type: Short Survey

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