On the Development of the Mental Number Line: More, Less, or Never Holistic With Increasing Age?

Magnitude is assumed to be represented along a holistic mental number line in adults. However, the authors recently observed a unit-decade compatibility effect for 2-digit numbers that is inconsistent with this “holisticness” assumption (H.-C. Nuerk, U. Weger, & K. Willmes, 2001). This study used th...

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Publicado en:Developmental Psychology Vol. 40; no. 6; pp. 1199 - 1212
Autores principales: Nuerk, Hans-Christoph, Kaufmann, Liane
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Publicado: American Psychological Association Nov2004
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