Psychophysics of numerical representation: A unified approach to single- and multi-digit magnitude estimation

Zeitschrift fur Psychologie / Journal of Psychology

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-63

  Young, Christopher J ^a   Opfer, John E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80052226429     PISSN: 00443409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/2151-2604/a000047     Document Type: Article

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