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Non-abstractness as mental simulation in the representation of number

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 August 2009

Andriy Myachykov ,
Wouter P. A. Platenburg  and
Martin H. Fischer
Andriy Myachykov
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN, Scotland, United Kingdom. a.myachykov@dundee.ac.ukhttp://www.dundee.ac.uk/psychology/people/research/amyachykov/index.htmm.h.fischer@dundee.ac.ukhttp://www.dundee.ac.uk/psychology/people/academics/mhfischer/index.htm
Wouter P. A. Platenburg
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, 3000DR, The Netherlands. 296792wp@student.eur.nl
Martin H. Fischer
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN, Scotland, United Kingdom. a.myachykov@dundee.ac.ukhttp://www.dundee.ac.uk/psychology/people/research/amyachykov/index.htmm.h.fischer@dundee.ac.ukhttp://www.dundee.ac.uk/psychology/people/academics/mhfischer/index.htm
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Abstract

Abstraction is instrumental for our understanding of how numbers are cognitively represented. We propose that the notion of abstraction becomes testable from within the framework of simulated cognition. We describe mental simulation as embodied, grounded, and situated cognition, and report evidence for number representation at each of these levels of abstraction.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 32 , Issue 3-4 , August 2009 , pp. 343 - 344
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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