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Conducting Web-Based Experiments for Numerical Cognition Research

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|Sep 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/joc.85 | Journal eISSN: 2514-4820
Language: English
Submitted on: Mar 15, 2019
Accepted on: Sep 4, 2019
Published on: Sep 19, 2019
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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