All numbers are not equal: An electrophysiological investigation of small and large number representations

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1039-1053

  Hyde, Daniel C ^a,b   Spelke, Elizabeth S ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPLAY SYSTEM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION METHOD; MODULATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RESPONSE VARIABLE; SCALP;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REACTION TIME; SIZE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66049083031     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2009.21090     Document Type: Article

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