Individual differences in non-symbolic numerical abilities predict mathematical achievements but contradict ATOM

Behavioral and Brain Functions

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Agrillo, Christian ^a   Piffer, Laura ^a   Adriano, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ANS; ATOM; Mathematical achievement; OTS; Subitizing

Indexed keywords

A THEORY OF MAGNITUDE; ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION METHOD; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; TIME PERCEPTION; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 84879487517     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17449081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-9081-9-26     Document Type: Article

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