How many is a zillion? Sources of number distortion

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1257-1264

  Rips, Lance J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Number concepts; Numerical reasoning; Representations of mathematics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMANTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEMANTICS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84880662325     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031143     Document Type: Article

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