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Not all basic number representations are analog: Place coding as a precursor of the natural number system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 December 2008

Wim Fias  and
Tom Verguts
Wim Fias
Affiliation:
Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgiumwim.fias@ugent.behttp://expsy.ugent.betom.verguts@ugent.behttp://users.ugent.be/~tverguts/
Tom Verguts
Affiliation:
Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgiumwim.fias@ugent.behttp://expsy.ugent.betom.verguts@ugent.behttp://users.ugent.be/~tverguts/
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Abstract

Rips et al.'s arguments for rejecting basic number representations as a precursor of the natural number system are exclusively based on analog number coding. We argue that these arguments do not apply to place coding, a type of basic number representation that is not considered by Rips et al.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 31 , Issue 6 , December 2008 , pp. 650 - 651
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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