Foundational Numerical Capacities and the Origins of Dyscalculia

Space, Time and Number in the Brain

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 249-265

  Butterworth, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385948-8.00016-5     Document Type: Chapter

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