The interplay between nonsymbolic number and its continuous visual properties

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 642-648

  Gebuis, Titia ^a   Reynvoet, Bert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Nonsymbolic number; Number comparison; Visual cues

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; CUES; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874744100     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026218     Document Type: Article

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