A unitary or multiple representations of numerical magnitude? The case of structure in symbolic and non-symbolic quantities

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue JUN, 2012, Pages

  Moeller, Korbinian ^a,b   Klein, Elise ^b,c   Nuerk, Hans Christoph ^a,b   Kadosh, Roi Cohen ^d  

^a KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abstract notation dependent; Number magnitude representation; Symbolic non symbolic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867113281     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00191     Document Type: Article

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