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Direct linkWatson, Derrick G.; Maylor, Elizabeth A.; Bruce, Lucy A. M. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2005
The enumeration of small numbers of objects (approximately 4) proceeds rapidly, accurately, and with little effort via a process termed subitization. Four experiments examined whether it was possible to subitize the number of features rather than objects present in a display. Overall, the findings showed that when features are presented randomly…
Descriptors: Visual Perception, Cognitive Processes, Spatial Ability, Computation
