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Direct linkWood, Justin N.; Spelke, Elizabeth S. – Cognition, 2005
Developmental research suggests that some of the mechanisms that underlie numerical cognition are present and functional in human infancy. To investigate these mechanisms and their developmental course, psychologists have turned to behavioral and electrophysiological methods using briefly presented displays. These methods, however, depend on the…
Descriptors: Infants, Number Concepts, Numbers, Cognitive Ability
Peer reviewedCasby, Michael W. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 1997
This paper reviews research on symbolic play gaps between children with and without language impairment (LI), arguing that these gaps should not be interpreted as demonstrative of marked deficits in general representational or specific symbolic play competence of children with LI. Frequent encroachment of language into testing procedures is cited…
Descriptors: Child Development, Language Impairments, Play, Pretend Play
