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Quantity Determination and the Distance Effect with Letters, Numbers, and Shapes: A Functional MR Imaging Study of Number Processing

Robert K. Fulbright, Stephanie C. Manson, Pawel Skudlarski, Cheryl M. Lacadie and John C. Gore
American Journal of Neuroradiology February 2003, 24 (2) 193-200;
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