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ERIC Number: EJ1397724
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 35
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ISSN: ISSN-0364-0213
EISSN: EISSN-1551-6709
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Questions about Quantifiers: Symbolic and Nonsymbolic Quantity Processing by the Brain
Szymanik, Jakub; Kochari, Arnold; Bremnes, Heming Strømholt
Cognitive Science, v47 n10 e13346 2023
One approach to understanding how the human cognitive system stores and operates with quantifiers such as "some," "many," and "all" is to investigate their interaction with the cognitive mechanisms for estimating and comparing quantities from perceptual input (i.e., nonsymbolic quantities). While a potential link between quantifier processing and nonsymbolic quantity processing has been considered in the past, it has never been discussed extensively. Simultaneously, there is a long line of research within the field of numerical cognition on the relationship between processing exact number symbols (such as "3" or "three") and nonsymbolic quantity. This accumulated knowledge can potentially be harvested for research on quantifiers since quantifiers and number symbols are two different ways of referring to quantity information symbolically. The goal of the present review is to survey the research on the relationship between quantifiers and nonsymbolic quantity processing mechanisms and provide a set of research directions and specific questions for the investigation of quantifier processing.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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