The spatial mapping of numbers: Its origin and flexibility

Language and Action in Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 9780203095508, Issue , 2012, Pages 225-242

  Martin, H Fischer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

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EID: 84876321264     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203095508     Document Type: Chapter

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