The hands have it: Number representations in adult deaf signers

Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 362-372

  Korvorst, Marjolein ^a   Nuerk, Hans Christoph ^b   Willmes, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b Paris Lodron University Salzburg   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HAND; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; SIGN LANGUAGE;

ADULT; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; SIGN LANGUAGE;

EID: 34447552491     PISSN: 10814159     EISSN: 14657325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/deafed/enm002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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