What dot clusters and bar graphs reveal: Subitizing is fast counting and subtraction

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 913-922

  Boles, David B ^a,b   Phillips, Jeffrey B ^a   Givens, Somer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

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EID: 35648936968     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193928     Document Type: Review

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