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Ratio-based perceptual foundations for rational numbers, and perhaps whole numbers, too?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 December 2021
Abstract
Clarke and Beck suggest that the ratio processing system (RPS) may be a component of the approximate number system (ANS), which they suggest represents rational numbers. We argue that available evidence is inconsistent with their account and advocate for a two-systems view. This implies that there may be many access points for numerical cognition – and that privileging the ANS may be a mistake.
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The number sense represents (rational) numbers
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