Numbers in space: Differences between concrete and abstract situations

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue JUN, 2011, Pages

  Pecher, Diane ^a   Boot, Inge ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abstract concept; Context; Grounded cognition; Numbers; Quantity

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455174950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00121     Document Type: Article

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