Is approximate number precision a stable predictor of math ability?

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 25, Issue , 2013, Pages 126-133

  Libertus, Melissa E ^a   Feigenson, Lisa ^a   Halberda, Justin ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximate Number System (ANS); Longitudinal; Math ability; Numerical estimation; Predictive relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876851942     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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