Knowledge on the line: Manipulating beliefs about the magnitudes of symbolic numbers affects the linearity of line estimation tasks

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1146-1153

  Chesney, Dana L ^a   Matthews, Percival G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Estimation; Number sense; Numerical cognition; Symbol comprehension

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889560200     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-013-0446-8     Document Type: Article

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