Number estimation relies on a set of segmented objects

Cognition

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-13

  Franconeri, S L ^a   Bemis, D K ^b   Alvarez, G A ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Estimation; Number; Numerosity; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT MANIPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; ATTENTION; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 70349780406     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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