Sensitivity to numerosity is not a unique visuospatial psychophysical predictor of mathematical ability

Vision Research

Volumn 89, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-9

  Tibber, Marc S ^a   Manasseh, Gemma S L ^a   Clarke, Richard C ^a   Gagin, Galina ^b   Swanbeck, Sonja N ^b   Butterworth, Brian ^c,d,e   Lotto, R Beau ^a   Dakin, Steven C ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d IRCCS SAN CAMILLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Density; Mathematics; Number; Orientation; Size; Spatial vision

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DENSITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EDUCATION; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STIMULUS; SYMBOLISM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL NUMEROSITY; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

DENSITY; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; IPS; MATHEMATICS; NUMBER; ORIENTATION; SIZE; SPATIAL VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEX FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880750202     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: 18785646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2013.06.006     Document Type: Article

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