Word problems: a review of linguistic and numerical factors contributing to their difficulty.

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Published in Front Psychol on April 01, 2015

Authors

Gabriella Daroczy1, Magdalena Wolska2, Walt Detmar Meurers3, Hans-Christoph Nuerk4

Author Affiliations

1: Diagnostics and Cognitive Neuropsychology, Department of Psychology, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Tübingen, Germany ; LEAD Graduate School, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Tübingen, Germany.
2: LEAD Graduate School, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Tübingen, Germany.
3: LEAD Graduate School, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Tübingen, Germany ; Department of Linguistics, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Tübingen, Germany.
4: Diagnostics and Cognitive Neuropsychology, Department of Psychology, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Tübingen, Germany ; LEAD Graduate School, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Tübingen, Germany ; Knowledge Media Research Center Tübingen, Germany.

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