Right idea, wrong magnitude system. (2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lourenco, Stella F.; Aulet, Lauren S.; Ayzenberg, Vladislav; Cheung, Chi-Ngai; Holmes, Kevin J.
• 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/S0140525X16002156
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0140-525X

Abstract

Abstract: Leibovich et al. claim that number representations are non-existent early in life and that the associations between number and continuous magnitudes reside in stimulus confounds. We challenge both claims – positing, instead, that number is represented independently of continuous magnitudes already in infancy, but is nonetheless more deeply connected to other magnitudes through adulthood than acknowledged by the "sense of magnitude" theory.