Dissociation between small and large numerosities in newborn infants

Developmental Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 11-22

  Coubart, Aurélie ^a,b   Izard, Véronique ^a,b   Spelke, Elizabeth S ^c   Marie, Julien ^a,b   Streri, Arlette ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COGNITION; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; NEWBORN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COGNITION; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84890525161     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12108     Document Type: Article

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