Summation of large numerousness by newborn chicks

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue SEP, 2011, Pages

  Rugani, Rosa ^a   Regolin, Lucia ^a   Vallortigara, Giorgio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arithmetic; Continuous variables; Counting; Domestic chick; Human infant; Large numeracy; Number cognition; Number sense

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867069701     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00179     Document Type: Article

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