Numerosities and space; indeed a cognitive illusion! A reply to de Hevia and Spelke (2009)

Cognition

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 248-252

  Gebuis, Titia ^a,b   Gevers, Wim ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Line bisection; Numerical cognition; Numerosity; Space

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; CUES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SIZE PERCEPTION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053133113     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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