Subitizing and similarity: Toward a pattern-matching theory of enumeration

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 676-682

  Logan, Gordon D ^a   Zbrodoff, N Jane ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0347533018     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03196531     Document Type: Article

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