What Do the Hands Externalize in Simple Arithmetic?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 747-756

  Carlson, Richard A ^a   Avraamides, Marios N ^b   Cary, Melanie ^c   Strasberg, Stephen ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

Author keywords

arithmetic; cognitive control; counting; gesture; private speech

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; GESTURE; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS;

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; GESTURES; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS;

EID: 34548155481     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.33.4.747     Document Type: Article

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