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. 2011 Oct 12:2:256.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00256. eCollection 2011.

Fingers as a tool for counting - naturally fixed or culturally flexible?

Andrea Bender  1 , Sieghard Beller
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Fingers as a tool for counting - naturally fixed or culturally flexible?

Andrea Bender et al. Front Psychol. .
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Variability in finger counting systems, illustrated for number eight signs [(E) downloaded from Marmasse et al, 2000].
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