How number-space relationships are assessed before formal schooling: A taxonomy proposal

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Patro, Katarzyna ^a,b   Nuerk, Hans Christoph ^b,c   Cress, Ulrike ^b   Haman, Maciej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Infants; Number; Preschoolers; Sna; Snarc; Space; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904546560     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00419     Document Type: Short Survey

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