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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Published in:	Developmental Psychology Vol. 40; no. 6; pp. 1199 - 1212
Main Authors:	Nuerk, Hans-Christoph, Kaufmann, Liane
Format:	Article
Published:	American Psychological Association Nov2004
Subjects:	Psychology of school children Number concept
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