Flexible mental processes in numerical size judgments: The case of Hebrew letters that are used to convey numbers

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 78-83

  Razpurker Apfeld, Irene ^a   Koriat, Asher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 33748796109     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193816     Document Type: Article

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