Infants show ratio-dependent number discrimination regardless of set size

Infancy

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 927-941

  Starr, Ariel ^a   Libertus, Melissa E ^b   Brannon, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; MALE; NUMBER DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84885040585     PISSN: 15250008     EISSN: 15327078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/infa.12008     Document Type: Article

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