A generalized sense of number

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1797, 2014, Pages

  Arrighi, Roberto ^a   Togoli, Irene ^a   Burr, David C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Approximate number system; Cross modal perception; Numerosity perception; Reference frame coordinates

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CUE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SPATIAL COGNITION; VISION; VISUAL CUE;

ADAPTATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; VISION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84908663225     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1791     Document Type: Article

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