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Numerical representations are neither abstract nor automatic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 August 2009

Dale J. Cohen
Dale J. Cohen
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC 28403. [email protected]
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Abstract

In this commentary, I support and augment Cohen Kadosh & Walsh's (CK&W's) argument that numerical representations are not abstract. I briefly review data that support the non-abstract nature of the representation of numbers between zero and one, and I discuss how a failure to test alternative hypotheses has led researchers to erroneously conclude that numerals automatically activate their semantic meaning.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 32 , Issue 3-4 , August 2009 , pp. 332 - 333
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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