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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jan 26.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychol. 2012 Mar 5;48(5):1229–1241. doi: 10.1037/a0027433

Figure 2.

Figure 2.

Graphic depiction of the approximate symbolic and nonsymbolic calculation tasks (adapted from “Symbolic Arithmetic Knowledge Without Instruction,” by C. K. Gilmore, S. E. McCarthy, and E. S. Spelke, 2007, Nature, 447, p. 589. Copyright 2007 by Nature Publishing Group). Images are presented sequentially, and children must respond by saying whether Sarah or John has more cookies.