Arithmetical savants

The Development of Arithmetic Concepts and Skills: Constructive Adaptive Expertise

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 409-433

  Heavey, Lisa ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84908918506     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410607218     Document Type: Chapter

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