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Spatial interferences in mental arithmetic: Evidence from the motion–arithmetic compatibility effect

Michael WiemersDonders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Harold BekkeringDonders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Oliver LindemannDonders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands;Division of Cognitive Science, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
Pages 1557-1570 | Received 13 Aug 2013, Accepted 19 Dec 2013, Published online: 05 Mar 2014

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