Beyond the mental number line: A neural network model of number-space interactions

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 218-240

  Chen, Qi ^a   Verguts, Tom ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Computational modeling; Numerical cognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME; VISUAL FIELD;

COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 77649188494     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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