Adaptive Spontaneous Transitions between Two Mechanisms of Numerical Averaging.
Adaptive Spontaneous Transitions between Two Mechanisms of Numerical Averaging.
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DOI:
10.1038/srep10415
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发表时间:
2015-06-04
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
Usher M
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作者:
Brezis N;Bronfman ZZ;Usher M
We investigated the mechanism with which humans estimate numerical averages. Participants were presented with 4, 8 or 16 (two-digit) numbers, serially and rapidly (2 numerals/second) and were instructed to convey the sequence average. As predicted by a dual, but not a single-component account, we found a non-monotonic influence of set-size on accuracy. Moreover, we observed a marked decrease in RT as set-size increases and RT-accuracy tradeoff in the 4-, but not in the 16-number condition. These results indicate that in accordance with the normative directive, participants spontaneously employ analytic/sequential thinking in the 4-number condition and intuitive/holistic thinking in the 16-number condition. When the presentation rate is extreme (10 items/sec) we find that, while performance still remains high, the estimations are now based on intuitive processing. The results are accounted for by a computational model postulating population-coding underlying intuitive-averaging and working-memory-mediated symbolic procedures underlying analytical-averaging, with flexible allocation between the two.
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影响因子:
3.7
作者:
Hyde DC;Spelke ES
通讯作者:
Spelke ES
影响因子:
12.6
作者:
Evans, Jonathan St B. T.;Stanovich, Keith E.
通讯作者:
Stanovich, Keith E.
影响因子:
16.2
作者:
Piazza, M;Izard, V;Dehaene, S
通讯作者:
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影响因子:
1.8
作者:
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通讯作者:
Treisman, A
DOI:
10.1016/s0022-5371(83)90337-7
发表时间:
1983-01-01
期刊:
JOURNAL OF VERBAL LEARNING AND VERBAL BEHAVIOR
影响因子:
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作者:
MALMI, RA;SAMSON, DJ
通讯作者:
SAMSON, DJ