Cross-dimensional mapping of number, length and brightness by preschool children.

Human adults in diverse cultures, children, infants, and non-human primates relate number to space, but it is not clear whether this ability reflects a specific and privileged number-space mapping. To investigate this possibility, we tested preschool children in matching tasks where the dimensions o...

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Main Authors: Maria Dolores de Hevia, Monica Vanderslice, Elizabeth S Spelke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3334896?pdf=render