Two-digit number processing: Holistic, decomposed or hybrid? A computational modelling approach

Psychological Research

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 290-306

  Moeller, K ^a   Huber, S ^b   Nuerk, H C ^a,b   Willmes, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; MATHEMATICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REACTION TIME;

EID: 79958770671     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-010-0307-2     Document Type: Article

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