The representational space of numerical magnitude: Illusions of length

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1496-1514

  De Hevia, Maria Dolores ^a,b   Girelli, Luisa ^a   Bricolo, Emanuela ^a   Vallar, Giuseppe ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPREHENSION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; MATHEMATICS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; COMPREHENSION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MATHEMATICS; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 51349149565     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210701560674     Document Type: Article

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