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In how many ways is the approximate number system associated with exact calculation?

Pedro Pinheiro-Chagas1, Guilherme Wood2, André Knops3

  • 1Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U992, Gif/Yvette, France; NeuroSpin Center, Institute of BioImaging Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA), Gif/Yvette, France; Developmental Neuropsychology Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

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