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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;
Robert K. Fulbright
Stephanie C. Manson
Pawel Skudlarski
Cheryl M. Lacadie

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