Visuospatial working memory and early numeracy

Educational and Child Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 65-76

  Kyttälä, Minna ^a   Aunio, Pirjo ^a   Lehto, Juhani E ^a   Van Luit, Johannes ^b   Hautamäki, Jarkko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77956782273     PISSN: 02671611     EISSN: 23968702     Source Type: Book Series    
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