Extraneous perceptual information interferes with children's acquisition of mathematical knowledge

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 351-363

  Kaminski, Jennifer A ^a   Sloutsky, Vladimir M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inhibition; Learning; Mathematics; Number

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876119135     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031040     Document Type: Article

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