Number without language: Comparative psychology and the evolution of numerical cognition

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  Agrillo, Christian ^a   Beran, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84878951503     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00295     Document Type: Editorial

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