Explicating numerical information: When and how fingers support (or hinder) number comprehension and handling

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue SEP, 2011, Pages

  Beller, Sieghard ^a   Bender, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 84862675934     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00214     Document Type: Note

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