On knowing about nothing: The processing of zero in single- and multi-digit multiplication

Aphasiology

Volumn 20, Issue 9-11, 2006, Pages 1105-1111

  Semenza, Carlo ^a   Granà, Alessia ^a,b   Girelli, Luisa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b Ospedale di Medicina Fisica e Riabilitazione   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORTICAL SENSORY APHASIA; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH DISORDER; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 33747430106     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030600741659     Document Type: Article

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