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Common mistakes about numerical representations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 August 2009

Mauro Pesenti  and
Michael Andres
Mauro Pesenti
Affiliation:
Unité de Neurosciences Cognitives, Département de Psychologie, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. mauro.pesenti@uclouvain.behttp://www.nesc.ucl.ac.be/mp/pesentiHomepage.htmmichael.andres@uclouvain.behttp://www.nesc.ucl.ac.be/recherche/projects/number.htm
Michael Andres
Affiliation:
Unité de Neurosciences Cognitives, Département de Psychologie, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. mauro.pesenti@uclouvain.behttp://www.nesc.ucl.ac.be/mp/pesentiHomepage.htmmichael.andres@uclouvain.behttp://www.nesc.ucl.ac.be/recherche/projects/number.htm
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Abstract

Cohen Kadosh & Walsh (CK&W) argue that recent findings challenge the hypothesis of abstract numerical representations. Here we show that because, like many other authors in the field, they rely on inaccurate definitions of abstract and non-abstract representations, CK&W fail to provide compelling evidence against the abstract view.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 32 , Issue 3-4 , August 2009 , pp. 346 - 347
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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