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Evidence for a number sense

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2017

David C. Burr
David C. Burr*
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Department of Neuroscience, University of Florence, 50135 Florence, Italy davidcharles.burr@unifi.it http://www.pisavisionlab.org/
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Abstract

Numerosity is inherently confounded by related stimulus attributes such as density and area, and many studies have reported interactions of various strengths between area, density, and numerosity. However, direct measurements of sensitivity within the area-density-numerosity space show that numerosity emerges as the most spontaneous and sensitive dimension, strongly supporting the existence of a dedicated number sense.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e167
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