Measuring the approximate number system

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2099-2109

  Gilmore, Camilla ^a,b   Attridge, Nina ^b   Inglis, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Approximate number system; Nonsymbolic numerosities; Numerical cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855819274     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2011.574710     Document Type: Article

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