Automaticity and Two-Digit Numbers

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 483-496

  Ganor Stern, Dana ^a   Tzelgov, Joseph ^b   Ellenbogen, Ravid ^b  

^a ACHVA ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

automaticity; numerical processing; size congruency effect; two digit numbers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATISM; COGNITION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS;

AUTOMATISM; COGNITION; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS;

EID: 34250163222     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.33.2.483     Document Type: Article

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