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Numerical abstraction: it ain't broke.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19712508     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The dual-code proposal of number representation put forward by Cohen Kadosh & Walsh (CK&W) accounts for only a fraction of the many modes of numerical abstraction. Contrary to their proposal, robust data from human infants and nonhuman animals indicate that abstract numerical representations are psychologically primitive. Additionally, much of the behavioral and neural data cited to support CK&W's proposal is, in fact, neutral on the issue of numerical abstraction.
Authors:
Jessica F Cantlon; Sara Cordes; Melissa E Libertus; Elizabeth M Brannon
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comment; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Behavioral and brain sciences     Volume:  32     ISSN:  1469-1825     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2009 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-08-28     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7808666     Medline TA:  Behav Brain Sci     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  331-2; discussion 356-73     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA. jfc2@duke.edu
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Behav Brain Sci. 2009 Aug;32(3-4):313-28   [PMID:  19712504 ]

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