Counting within the subitizing range: the effect of number of distractors on the perception of subset items.

When exploring the mechanisms involved in perceiving numbers we must distinguish between two types of numbers: subset numbers (e.g., perceiving "2" when two plates and one cup are displayed on a table) and the total number of items (e.g., perceiving "3" objects in the previous ex...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Liat Goldfarb, Sharon Levy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3774637?pdf=render