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Slippery platform: The role of automatic and intentional processes in testing the effect of notation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 August 2009

Daniel Algom
Daniel Algom
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv 69978, Israel. algomd@freud.tau.ac.il
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Abstract

The type of processing of numerical dimensions varies greatly and is governed by context. Considering this flexibility in tandem with a fuzzy demarcation line between automatic and intentional processes, it is suggested that testing the effect of notation should not be confined to automatic processing, in particular to passive viewing. Recent behavioral data satisfying the authors' stipulations reveal a considerable, though perhaps not exclusive, core of common abstract processing.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 32 , Issue 3-4 , August 2009 , pp. 328 - 329
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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