Continuous visual properties explain neural responses to nonsymbolic number

Psychophysiology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1649-1659

  Gebuis, Titia ^a   Reynvoet, Bert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Approximate number system; Nonsymbolic number; Visual cues

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867693350     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2012.01461.x     Document Type: Article

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