What eye fixation patterns tell us about subitizing

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 394-409

  Sophian, Catherine ^a,b   Crosby, Martha E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; ADULT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 45149090161     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87565640801982460     Document Type: Article

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