Perceived number is not abstract

Perceived number is not abstract

To support the claim that the approximate number system (ANS) represents rational numbers, Clarke and Beck (C&B) argue that number perception is abstract and characterized by a second-order character. However, converging evidence from visual illusions and psychophysics suggests that perceived nu...

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Main Authors: Aulet, L.S (Author), Lourenco, S.F (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2021
Subjects:
approximate number system
Article
human
Humans
mathematical phenomena
nonhuman
Optical Illusions
perception
psychophysics
Psychophysics
reasoning
visual illusion
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Summary:To support the claim that the approximate number system (ANS) represents rational numbers, Clarke and Beck (C&B) argue that number perception is abstract and characterized by a second-order character. However, converging evidence from visual illusions and psychophysics suggests that perceived number is not abstract, but rather, is perceptually interdependent with other magnitudes. Moreover, number, as a concept, is second-order, but number, as a percept, is not. Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press.
ISBN:0140525X (ISSN)
DOI:10.1017/S0140525X21001102

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