Judgments of discrete and continuous quantity: An illusory Stroop effect

Cognition

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 251-266

  Barth, Hilary C ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous quantity; Discrete quantity; Numerical cognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; COGNITION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 55949090557     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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