Varieties of numerical abilities
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Summary
This paper provides a tutorial introduction to numerical cognition, with a review of essential findings and current points of debate, and proposes a triple-code model, which assumes that numbers are mentally manipulated in an arabic, verbal or analogical magnitude code depending on the requested mental operation.
- Type
- review
- Published
- 1992-12-31
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- 1,925
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- 157
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Keywords
Numerosity adaptation effect, Numerical cognition, Cognition, Psychology, Cognitive psychology
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