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Numerical cognition needs more and better distinctions, not fewer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 December 2021

Hilary Barth Open the ORCID record for Hilary Barth [Opens in a new window]  and
Anna Shusterman
Hilary Barth
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Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, USA. hbarth@wesleyan.edu ashusterman@wesleyan.edu http://hbarth.faculty.wesleyan.edu http://ashusterman.faculty.wesleyan.edu
Anna Shusterman
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Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, USA. hbarth@wesleyan.edu ashusterman@wesleyan.edu http://hbarth.faculty.wesleyan.edu http://ashusterman.faculty.wesleyan.edu
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Abstract

We agree that the approximate number system (ANS) truly represents number. We endorse the authors' conclusions on the arguments from confounds, congruency, and imprecision, although we disagree with many claims along the way. Here, we discuss some complications with the meanings that undergird theories in numerical cognition, and with the language we use to communicate those theories.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 44 , 2021 , e181
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