Symbolic versus non-symbolic magnitude estimations among children and adults

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 128, Issue , 2014, Pages 52-68

  Ebersbach, Mirjam ^a   Erz, Petra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bidirectional mapping; Familiarity with numbers; Magnitude estimation; Non symbolic; Scalar variability; Symbolic

Indexed keywords

AGE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PSYCHOLOGY, CHILD; SIZE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904886474     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2014.06.005     Document Type: Article

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