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Integrating information in object counting: a role for a central coordinating process?

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Integrating information in object counting: a role for a central coordinating process? / Towse, J. N.; Hitch, G. J.
In: Cognitive Development, Vol. 12, No. 3, 1997, p. 393-422.

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Towse JN, Hitch GJ. Integrating information in object counting: a role for a central coordinating process? Cognitive Development. 1997;12(3):393-422. doi: 10.1016/S0885-2014(97)90010-1

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