Holistic representation of negative numbers is formed when needed for the task

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1969-1981

  Ganor Stern, Dana ^a   Pinhas, Michal ^b   Kallai, Arava ^c   Tzelgov, Joseph ^a,b  

^a ACHVA ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Holistic representation; Negative numbers; Numerical cognition; Numerical processing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMANTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMANTICS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 77957869022     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470211003721667     Document Type: Article

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