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. 2009 Apr;106(4):220-254.
doi: 10.5840/jphil2009106418.

Where Our Number Concepts Come From

Susan Carey  1
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Where Our Number Concepts Come From

Susan Carey. J Philos. 2009 Apr.
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Figure 1
External analog magnitude representation of number in which number is represented by line length.
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Figure 2
Examples of stimulus lists from Brannon & Terrace (1998).
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Figure 3
Sample habituation sequences and test stimuli from Xu & Spelke (2000).
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Figure 4
Two versions of the memory structures that might subserve parallel individuation of small sets of objects. In one, each object is represented by an object-file that abstracts away from specific features (OBJ). In the other, each object is represented by an object-file on which shape, color, texture and spatial extent features have been bound.
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