Children's acquisition of the number words and the counting system
1992/04/01 by Karen Wynn · 1,085 citations
Mathematics · Neuroscience · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Arithmetic #Artificial intelligence #Cognition #Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills #Cognitive psychology #Computer science #Linguistics #Mathematics #Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques #Neuroscience #Numerical cognition #Numerosity adaptation effect #Philosophy #Psychology #Reading and Literacy Development #Syntax #Task (project management) #Word (group theory)
paper · doi:10.1016/0010-0285(92)90008-p
published in Cognitive Psychology 24(2), 220-251 (Elsevier BV)
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