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The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Volume 67, 2014 - Issue 8: Spatial biases in Mental Arithmetic
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On the relation between the mental number line and arithmetic competencies

Tanja LinkDepartment of Psychology, Eberhard Karls University, Tuebingen, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Hans-Christoph NuerkDepartment of Psychology, Eberhard Karls University, Tuebingen, Germany;Knowledge Media Research Center, Tuebingen, Germany
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Korbinian MoellerKnowledge Media Research Center, Tuebingen, Germany
Pages 1597-1613 | Received 12 Aug 2013, Accepted 19 Dec 2013, Published online: 19 Mar 2014

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