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What is the precise role of cognitive control in the development of a sense of number?
The Behavioral and brain sciences
  • Rebecca Merkley, Numerical Cognition Laboratory,Department of Psychology,The University of Western Ontario,London,Ontario N6A 3K7,Canadarebecca.merkley@gmail.comdaniel.ansari@uwo.cahttp://www.numericalcognition.org/.
  • Gaia Scerif, Attention,Brain, and Cognitive Development Group,Department of Experimental Psychology,University of Oxford,Oxford OX1 3UD,United Kingdomgaia.scerif@psy.ox.ac.ukhttps://www.psy.ox.ac.uk/research/attention-brain-and-cognitive-development-group.
  • Daniel Ansari, Numerical Cognition Laboratory,Department of Psychology,The University of Western Ontario,London,Ontario N6A 3K7,Canadarebecca.merkley@gmail.comdaniel.ansari@uwo.cahttp://www.numericalcognition.org/.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2017
URL with Digital Object Identifier
10.1017/S0140525X1600217X
Abstract

The theory put forward by Leibovich et al. of how children acquire a sense of number does not specify the mechanisms through which cognitive control plays a role in this process. We argue that visual attention and number word knowledge influence each other over development and contribute to the development of the concept of number.

Citation Information
Rebecca Merkley, Gaia Scerif and Daniel Ansari. "What is the precise role of cognitive control in the development of a sense of number?" The Behavioral and brain sciences Vol. 40 (2017) p. e179
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/daniel-ansari/33/