Is Numerical Comparison Digital? Analogical and Symbolic Effects in Two-Digit Number Comparison

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 626-641

  Dehaene, Stanislas ^a   Dupoux, Emmanuel ^b   Mehler, Jacques ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATERALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0025469997     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.16.3.626     Document Type: Article

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