The contributions of non-numeric dimensions to number encoding, representations, and decision-making factors. (2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Odic, Darko
• Is Part Of: Behavioral and brain sciences. Volume 40(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017
• Subjects: Psychophysiology -- Periodicals; Psychology -- Periodicals; Human behavior -- Periodicals; Animal behavior -- Periodicals; Brain -- Periodicals; 616.89142
• DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X1600220X
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0140-525X

Abstract

Abstract: Leibovich et al. suggest that congruency effects in number perception (biases towards smaller, denser, etc., dots) are evidence for the number's dependence on these dimensions. I argue that they fail to differentiate between effects at three distinct levels of number perception – encoding, representations, and decision making – and that differentiating between these allows the number to be independent from, but correlated with, non-numeric dimensions.