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Nicoladis, Elena; Pika, Simone; Marentette, Paula – Cognitive Development, 2010
Some researchers have argued that children's earliest symbols are based on their sensorimotor experience and that arbitrary symbol-referent mapping poses a challenge for them. If so, exposure to iconic symbols (such as one-finger-for-one-object manual gestures) might help children in a difficult domain such as number. We assessed 44 preschoolers'…
Descriptors: Numbers, Nonverbal Communication, Vocabulary, Cognitive Mapping