A new approach to the study of subitizing as distinct enumeration processing
- This paper presents a new methodology for examining the phenomenon of subitizing. Subjects were presented with a standard numerosity-detection task but for a range of presentation times to allow Task-Accuracy Functions to be computed for individual subjects. The data appear to show a continuous change in processing for numerosities from 2 to 5 when the data are aggregated across subjects. At the level of individual subjects, there appear to be qualitative shifts in enumeration processing after 3 or 4 objects. The approach used in this experiment may be used to test the claim that subitizing is a distinct enumeration process that can be used for small numbers of objects.
Author details: | Tony Simon, Angel Cabrera, Reinhold KlieglORCiDGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-41083 |
Publication series (Volume number): | Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe (paper 168) |
Publication type: | Postprint |
Language: | English |
Publication year: | 1993 |
Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
Release date: | 2010/01/26 |
Source: | Proceedings of the fifteenth annual conference of the Cognitive Science Society : June 18 to 21, 1993 ; Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Colorado-Boulder. - Hillsdale, NJ [u.a.] : Erlbaum, 1993, S. 929-934 ISBN 0-8058-1487-6 |
Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Psychologie |
DDC classification: | 1 Philosophie und Psychologie / 15 Psychologie / 150 Psychologie |
Institution name at the time of the publication: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Psychologie |
License (German): | Keine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz |