Squeezing, striking, and vocalizing: Is number representation fundamentally spatial?

2011/06/19 by Rafael Núñez, Dieu Ni Thi Doan, D Doan +1 · 1 citation
Mathematics · Neuroscience · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Cognition #Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills #Cognitive psychology #Computer science #Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques #Mental representation #Neuroscience #Number line #Numerical cognition #Psychology #Reading and Literacy Development #Representation (politics) #Space (punctuation) #Spatial ability #Stimulus (psychology)

paper · doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2011.05.001

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