The link between logic, mathematics and imagination: Evidence from children with developmental dyscalculia and mathematically gifted children

Developmental Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 542-553

  Morsanyi, Kinga ^a   Devine, Amy ^a   Nobes, Alison ^a   Szudouble acutecs, Dénes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD; DYSCALCULIA; FEMALE; GENETICS; GIFTED CHILD; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LOGIC; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

CHILD; CHILD, GIFTED; DYSCALCULIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LOGIC; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84879549745     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12048     Document Type: Article

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