Parallel non-verbal enumeration is constrained by a set-based limit

Cognition

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-18

  Feigenson, Lisa ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enumeration; Number; Sets; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 40649101191     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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