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  Counting in everyday life: Discrimination and enumeration

Nan, Y., Knösche, T. R., & Luo, Y.-J. (2006). Counting in everyday life: Discrimination and enumeration. Neuropsychologia, 44(7), 1103-1113. doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2005.10.020.

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Nan, Yun1, Author           
Knösche, Thomas R.1, 2, Author           
Luo, Yue-Jia, Author
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1Methods and Development Unit MEG and EEG: Signal Analysis and Modelling, MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Max Planck Society, ou_634559              
2Methods and Development Unit Cortical Networks and Cognitive Functions, MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Max Planck Society, ou_634557              

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Free keywords: Subitizing; Counting; Event-related potential (ERP)
 Abstract: Enumerating the number of items in a set accurately and quickly is a basic mathematical skill. This ability is especially crucial in the more real-life situations, where relevant items have to be discriminated from irrelevant distracters. Although much work has been done on the brain mechanisms and neural correlates of the enumeration and/or discrimination process, no agreement has been reached yet. We used event-related potentials (ERPs) to show the time course of brain activity elicited by a task that involved both enumeration and discrimination at the same time. We found that even though the two processes run to some extent in parallel, discrimination seems to take place mainly in an earlier time window (from 100 ms after the stimulus onset) than enumeration (beyond 200 ms after the stimulus onset). Moreover, electrophysiological evidence based on the N2 and P3 components make it reasonable to argue for the existence of a dichotomy between subitizing (for sets of less than four items) and counting (for sets of four and more items). Source estimation suggests that subitizing and counting, though being distinct brain processes, do recruit similar brain areas.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2006
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DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2005.10.020
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 44 (7) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 1103 - 1113 Identifier: ISSN: 0028-3932
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/954925428258