The Contribution of Numerical Magnitude Comparison and Phonological Processing to Individual Differences in Fourth Graders’ Multiplication Fact Ability

Tamara M. J. Schleepen; Hanneke I. Van Mier; Bert De Smedt

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0158335

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The Contribution of Numerical Magnitude Comparison and Phonological Processing to Individual Differences in Fourth Graders’ Multiplication Fact Ability

Tamara M. J. Schleepen ,

* E-mail: tamara.schleepen@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Affiliation Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Hanneke I. Van Mier,

Affiliation Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Bert De Smedt

Affiliation Faculty of Psychology and Educational sciences, Parenting and Special Education Research Unit, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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The Contribution of Numerical Magnitude Comparison and Phonological Processing to Individual Differences in Fourth Graders’ Multiplication Fact Ability

Tamara M. J. Schleepen,
Hanneke I. Van Mier,
Bert De Smedt

Published: June 30, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158335

About the Authors

Tamara M. J. Schleepen

* E-mail: tamara.schleepen@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Affiliation Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Hanneke I. Van Mier

Affiliation Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Bert De Smedt

Affiliation Faculty of Psychology and Educational sciences, Parenting and Special Education Research Unit, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TMJS HIVM BDS. Performed the experiments: TMJS. Analyzed the data: TMJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TMJS HIVM BDS. Wrote the paper: TMJS HIVM BDS.

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