Representations of space, time, and number n neonates

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 4809-4813

  De Hevia, Maria Dolores ^a,b,c   Izard, Véronique ^a,b   Coubart, Aurélie ^a,b   Spelke, Elizabeth S ^d   Streri, Arlette ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ^*  (France)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive; Development; Numerical cognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TIME; VISUAL INFORMATION;

COGNITIVE; DEVELOPMENT; NUMERICAL COGNITION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84897551573     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1323628111     Document Type: Article

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