Multi-digit number processing beyond the two-digit number range: A combination of sequential and parallel processes

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-90

  Meyerhoff, Hauke S ^a   Moeller, Korbinian ^a,b   Debus, Kolja ^b   Nuerk, Hans Christoph ^b  

^a KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

2300 Human Experimental Psychology; 2340 Cognitive Processes; Compatibility effect; Multi digit number processing; Sequential vs. parallel processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84859053111     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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