Superior numerical abilities following early visual deprivation

Cortex

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1435-1440

  Castronovo, Julie ^a   Delvenne, Jean François ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blindness; Numerical estimation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL DEPRIVATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISION, OCULAR; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876725842     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2012.12.018     Document Type: Article

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