Verbal interference suppresses exact numerical representation

Verbal interference suppresses exact numerical representation

Language for number is an important case study of the relationship between language and cognition because the mechanisms of non-verbal numerical cognition are well-understood. When the Pirahã (an Amazonian hunter-gatherer tribe who have no exact number words) are tested in non-verbal numerical tasks...

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Main Authors: Frank, Michael C., Fedorenko, Evelina, Lai, Peter, Saxe, Rebecca R., Gibson, Edward A.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Elsevier 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/102467
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2377-1791
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3823-514X
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5912-883X

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/102467
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2377-1791
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3823-514X
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5912-883X

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