Adults' number-line estimation strategies: Evidence from eye movements

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 557-563

  Sullivan, Jessica L ^a,b   Juhasz, Barbara J ^a   Slattery, Timothy J ^b   Barth, Hilary C ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye movements; Mathematical cognition; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; OCULOGRAPHY; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION;

ADULT; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MATHEMATICS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 80051922102     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-011-0081-1     Document Type: Article

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