Savant-like numerosity skills revealed in normal people by magnetic pulses

Perception

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 837-845

  Snyder, Allan ^a,b   Bahramali, Homayoun ^b   Hawker, Tobias ^b   Mitchell, D John ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 33745768641     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p5539     Document Type: Article

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