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oriented MNL. Moreover, our data also indicate that neglect patients have specific difficulties<br />

in processing decomposed magnitudes <strong>of</strong> two-digit <strong>number</strong>s. In particular, neglect patients<br />

may have difficulties accessing <strong>the</strong> magnitude <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> decade digit, which is on <strong>the</strong> left within a<br />

two-digit <strong>number</strong>. However, diagnostic data and additional analyses suggested that this deficit<br />

was not due to perceptual limitations.<br />

<strong>The</strong>se results extend previous findings in several <strong>the</strong>oretical and methodological aspects.<br />

Neglect not only impairs <strong>the</strong> spatial numerical representation <strong>of</strong> one-digit and small two-digit<br />

<strong>number</strong>s, but also <strong>the</strong> representation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> whole two-digit <strong>number</strong> range. In particular,<br />

neglect not only impairs <strong>the</strong> spatial holistic magnitude representation <strong>of</strong> two-digit <strong>number</strong>s in<br />

general, it specifically impairs <strong>the</strong> integration <strong>of</strong> tens’ and units’ magnitude representation <strong>of</strong><br />

two-digit <strong>number</strong>s. Finally, neglect not only impairs performance in actively producing <strong>the</strong><br />

middle <strong>number</strong> <strong>of</strong> a numerical interval, it also impairs <strong>the</strong> verification <strong>of</strong> whe<strong>the</strong>r a given<br />

<strong>number</strong> is <strong>the</strong> arithmetical middle <strong>of</strong> an interval or not.<br />

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