Multitudes Are Adaptable Magnitudes In The Estimation Of Number

Authors

Frank H. Durgin, Swarthmore CollegeFollow

Document Type

Response or Comment

Publication Date

2017

Published In

Behavioral And Brain Sciences

Abstract

Visual number comparison does not require participants to choose a unit, whereas units are fundamental to the definition of number. Studies using magnitude estimation rather than comparison show that number perception is compressed dramatically past about 20 units. Even estimates of 5–20 items are increasingly susceptible to effects of visual adaptation, suggesting a rather narrow range in which subitizing-like categorization processes blend into greater reliance on adaptable magnitude information.

Comments

Open peer commentary in response to: Leibovich, T., Katzin, N., Harel, M., & Henik, A. (2017). From “sense of number” to “sense of magnitude”: The role of continuous magnitudes in numerical cognition. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 40, E164. doi:10.1017/S0140525X16000960

Recommended Citation

Frank H. Durgin. (2017). "Multitudes Are Adaptable Magnitudes In The Estimation Of Number". Behavioral And Brain Sciences. Volume 40, DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X16002302
https://works.swarthmore.edu/fac-psychology/1065