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Separate Mechanisms for Perception of Numerosity and Density
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Abstract
Despite the existence of much evidence for a number sense in humans, several researchers have questioned whether number is sensed directly or derived indirectly from texture density. Here, we provide clear evidence that numerosity and density judgments are subserved by distinct mechanisms with different psychophysical characteristics. We measured sensitivity for numerosity discrimination over a wide range of numerosities: For low densities (less than 0.25 dots/deg(2)), thresholds increased directly with numerosity, following Weber's law; for higher densities, thresholds increased with the square root of texture density, a steady decrease in the Weber fraction. The existence of two different psychophysical systems is inconsistent with a model in which number is derived indirectly from noisy estimates of density and area; rather, it points to the existence of separate mechanisms for estimating density and number. These results provide strong confirmation for the existence of neural mechanisms that sense number directly, rather than indirectly from texture density.
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@article{anobile2014separate,
title = {Separate Mechanisms for Perception of Numerosity and Density},
author = {Giovanni Anobile and Guido Marco Cicchini and David C. Burr},
year = {2014},
journal = {Psychological Science},
publisher = {SAGE Publishing},
volume = {25},
number = {1},
pages = {265--270},
doi = {10.1177/0956797613501520},
}
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