Young Children Bet on Their Numerical Skills: Metacognition in the Numerical Domain

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1712-1721

  Vo, Vy A ^a   Li, Rosa ^a   Kornell, Nate ^b   Pouget, Alexandre ^a,c   Cantlon, Jessica F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

childhood development; cognition; cognitive development; mathematical ability; metacognition; number comprehension

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SELF EVALUATION;

APTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; SELF-ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84908101498     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797614538458     Document Type: Article

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