Enumeration of small and large numerosities: The effect of element visibility.
Precise enumeration is associated with small numerosities within the subitizing range (<4 items), while approximate enumeration is associated with large numerosities (>4 items). To date, there is still debate on whether a single continuous process or dual mutually exclusive processes mediate enumera...
| Publicado en: | Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Vol. 65; no. 6; pp. 1185 - 1195 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Jun2012
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=77058656&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 77058656 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 17470218 1US5 jtl: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology issn: 17470218 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Jun2012 vid: 65 iid: 6 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. artinfo: ui: 77058656 10.1080/17470218.2011.648647 ppf: 1185 ppct: 10 formats: tig: atl: Enumeration of small and large numerosities: The effect of element visibility. aug: au: Palomares, Melanie Smith, Paul R. Holley Pitts, C. affil: Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA su: Estimation theory Approximation theory Counting Visibility Continuous processing Number systems Variability (Psychometrics) sug: subj: Estimation theory Approximation theory Counting Visibility Continuous processing Number systems Variability (Psychometrics) keyword: Approximation Detection Estimation Numerosity Subitization Visual enumeration Approximation Detection Estimation Numerosity Subitization Visual enumeration ab: Precise enumeration is associated with small numerosities within the subitizing range (<4 items), while approximate enumeration is associated with large numerosities (>4 items). To date, there is still debate on whether a single continuous process or dual mutually exclusive processes mediate enumeration of small and large numerosities. Here, we evaluated a compromise between these two notions: that the precise representation of number is limited to small numerosities, but that the approximate representation of numerosity spans across both small and large numerosities. We assessed the independence of precise and approximate enumeration by looking at how luminance contrast affected enumeration of elements that differ by ones (1–8) or by tens (10–80). We found that enumeration functions of ones and tens have different characteristics, which is consistent with the presence of two number systems. Subitizing was preserved for small numerosities. However, simply decreasing element visibility changed the variability signatures of small numerosities to match those of large numerosities. Together, our results suggest that small numerosities are mediated by both precise and approximate representations of numerosity. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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