The role of numerosity in processing nonsymbolic proportions

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2435-2446

  Fabbri, Sara ^a   Caviola, Sara ^b   Tang, Joey ^c   Zorzi, Marco ^b   Butterworth, Brian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnitude comparison; Nonsymbolic fractions; Numerical cognition; Proportions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871178958     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2012.694896     Document Type: Article

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