On the internal representation of numerical magnitude and physical size

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 149-163

  Fitousi, Daniel ^a  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dimensional interaction; General Recognition Theory; Numerical cognition; Perceptual and decisional factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DIMENSIONAL INTERACTION; GENERAL RECOGNITION THEORY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; NUMERICAL COGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTUAL AND DECISIONAL FACTORS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; STROOP TEST;

DIMENSIONAL INTERACTION; GENERAL RECOGNITION THEORY; NUMERICAL COGNITION; PERCEPTUAL AND DECISIONAL FACTORS;

CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SIZE PERCEPTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STROOP TEST;

EID: 84896780069     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: 21905142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169/a000235     Document Type: Article

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