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The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Volume 67, 2014 - Issue 8: Spatial biases in Mental Arithmetic
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Spatial factors influence arithmetic performance: The case of the minus sign

Matthew J. JiangDepartment of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Jennifer L. CooperWisconsin Center for Education Research, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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Martha W. AlibaliDepartment of Psychology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI,USA
Pages 1626-1642 | Received 31 Jul 2013, Accepted 12 Dec 2013, Published online: 14 Apr 2014

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