The differential influence of decades and units on multidigit number comparison

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1250-1264

  Korvorst, Marjolein ^a   Damian, Markus F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS;

COGNITION; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS;

EID: 47249124509     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210701503286     Document Type: Article

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