Comparing two-digit numbers: The importance of being presented together

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 444-452

  Ganor Stern, Dana ^a   Pinhas, Michal ^b   Tzelgov, Joseph ^a,b  

^a ACHVA ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Automatic numerical processing; Numerical cognition; Two digit numbers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ATTENTION; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 65349173567     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210802391631     Document Type: Article

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