Young children's understanding of more and discrimination of number and surface area

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 451-461

  Odic, Darko ^a   Pietroski, Paul ^b   Hunter, Tim ^b   Lidz, Jeffrey ^b   Halberda, Justin ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparatives; Count mass nouns; Quantifier acquisition; Quantity representation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84882981479     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028874     Document Type: Article

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