Developmental changes in the profiles of dyscalculia: An explanation based on a double exact-and-approximate number representation model

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue NOVEMBER, 2011, Pages

  Noël, Marie Pascale ^a   Rousselle, Laurence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Approximate number representation; Developmental dyscalculia; Exact number representation; Number processing

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; APPROXIMATE NUMBER SYSTEM; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL DYSCALCULIA; EXACT NUMBER REPRESENTATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NUMBER ACUITY; NUMBER PROCESSING; SEMANTICS; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 84879585706     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2011.00165     Document Type: Article

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