Comparing 5/7 and 2/9: Adults can do it by accessing the magnitude of the whole fractions

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 284-292

  Meert, Gaëlle ^a   Grégoire, Jacques ^a   Noël, Marie Pascale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fraction magnitude; Holistic vs. componential representation; Numerical distance effect

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958151731     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2010.07.014     Document Type: Article

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