Why try saving the ANS? An alternative proposal

Behav Brain Sci. 2017 Jan:40:e171. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X16002107.

Abstract

Leibovich et al. propose that continuous magnitudes and a number sense are used holistically to judge numerosity. We point out that their proposal is incomplete and implausible: incomplete, as it does not explain how continuous magnitudes are calculated; implausible, as it cannot explain performance in estimation tasks. We propose that we do not possess a number sense. Instead, we assume that numerosity judgments are accomplished by weighing the different continuous magnitudes constituting numerosity.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Cognition
  • Judgment*
  • Visual Perception*