Explaining Variability: Numerical Representations in 4- to 8-Year-Old Children

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 325-344

  Friso van den Bos, Ilona ^a   Kolkman, Meijke E ^a   Kroesbergen, Evelyn H ^a   Leseman, Paul P M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; APTITUDE TEST; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COUNTING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NUMBER COMPARISON; NUMBER TO POSITION TEST; RECOGNITION; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84899987720     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: 15327647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2012.742900     Document Type: Article

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