Challenging the reliability and validity of cognitive measures: The case of the numerical distance effect

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 154-161

  Maloney, Erin A ^a   Risko, Evan F ^b   Preston, Frank ^a   Ansari, Daniel ^c   Fugelsang, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Numerical Cognition; Numerical Distance Effect; Numerical Processing; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYMBOLISM;

COGNITION; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 77951023588     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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