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Abstract representations of number: What interactions with number form do not prove and priming effects do

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 August 2009

Seppe Santens ,
Wim Fias  and
Tom Verguts
Seppe Santens
Affiliation:
Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium. seppe.santens@ugent.behttp://users.ugent.be/~ssantens/wim.fias@ugent.behttp://expsy.ugent.betom.verguts@ugent.behttp://users.ugent.be/~tverguts/
Wim Fias
Affiliation:
Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium. seppe.santens@ugent.behttp://users.ugent.be/~ssantens/wim.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, Belgium. seppe.santens@ugent.behttp://users.ugent.be/~ssantens/wim.fias@ugent.behttp://expsy.ugent.betom.verguts@ugent.behttp://users.ugent.be/~tverguts/
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Abstract

We challenge the arguments of Cohen Kadosh & Walsh (CK&W) on two grounds. First, interactions between number form (e.g., notation, format, modality) and an experimental factor do not show that the notations/formats/modalities are processed separately. Second, we discuss evidence that numbers are coded abstractly, also when not required by task demands and processed unintentionally, thus challenging the authors' dual-code account

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 32 , Issue 3-4 , August 2009 , pp. 351 - 352
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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