Not all continuous dimensions map equally: Number-brightness mapping in human infants

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  De Hevia, Maria Dolores ^a,b   Spelke, Elizabeth S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRIGHTNESS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTRAST; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANCY; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUMBER BRIGHTNESS MAPPING; NUMBER LENGTH MAPPING; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; NEWBORN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84894284243     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081241     Document Type: Article

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