The influence of implicit hand-based representations on mental arithmetic

Recently, a strong functional relationship between finger counting and number processing has been suggested. It has been argued that bodily experiences such as finger counting may influence the structure of the basic mental representations of numbers even in adults. However, to date it remains uncle...

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Main Authors: Elise eKlein, Korbinian eMoeller, Klaus eWillmes, Hans-Christoph eNuerk, Frank eDomahs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00197/full