Can tactile stimuli be subitised? An unresolved controversy within the literature on numerosity judgments

Perception

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 782-800

  Gallace, Alberto ^c   Tan, Hong Z ^b   Spence, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

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EID: 46449093381     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p5767     Document Type: Article

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