Finger counting and numerical cognition

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue APR, 2012, Pages

  Fischer, Martin H ^a   Kaufmann, Liane ^b   Domahs, Frank ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

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EID: 84867115351     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00108     Document Type: Editorial

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