The Effects of Depression on Number Perception and its Implications for Theories of Numerical Cognition

Most theories of numerical cognition assume that the perception of a quantity is independent of that which the quantity describes (termed an abstract quantity representation). Beck’s cognitive theory of depression, in contrast, assumes that depressed individuals maintain negative perceptual biases a...

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Main Authors: Dale J. Cohen, Katherine A. Barker, Madeline R. White
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Insitute for Psychology 2019-04-01
Series:Journal of Numerical Cognition
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Online Access:http://jnc.psychopen.eu/article/view/176