Finger numeral representations: More than just another symbolic code

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue NOV, 2011, Pages

  di Luca, Samuel ^a   Mauro, Pesenti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

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EID: 84862675844     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00272     Document Type: Note

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