Squeezing, striking, and vocalizing: Is number representation fundamentally spatial?

@article{Nez2011SqueezingSA,
  title={Squeezing, striking, and vocalizing: Is number representation fundamentally spatial?},
  author={Rafael E. N{\'u}{\~n}ez and D Doan and Anastasia Nikoulina},
  journal={Cognition},
  year={2011},
  volume={120},
  pages={225-235}
}
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