The ANS theory on the processing of non-symbolic numerosities and the ANS mapping
account on the processing of symbolic numbers have been the most popular theories on …

Converging lines of evidence suggest that the numerical abilities in Humans are rooted in
the approximate number system (ANS): an innate, non-verbal mechanism that enables to …

In line bisection tasks, adults and children bisect towards the numerically larger of two
nonsymbolic numerosities [de Hevia, MD, & Spelke, ES (2009). Spontaneous mapping of …

It is widely accepted that human and nonhuman species possess a specialized system to
process large approximate numerosities. The theory of an evolutionarily ancient …

Performance in a non-symbolic comparison task in which participants are asked to indicate
the larger numerosity of two dot arrays, is assumed to be supported by the Approximate …

To date, researchers investigating nonsymbolic number processes devoted little attention to
the visual properties of their stimuli. This is unexpected, as nonsymbolic number is defined …

Nonsymbolic number and its continuous visual properties are confounded in everyday life:
When number changes, its continuous visual properties also change. It could therefore be …

In numerical cognition research, it has traditionally been argued that the processing of
symbolic numerals (eg, digits) is identical to the processing of the non-symbolic …

Studies investigating nonsymbolic numbers (eg, dot arrays) are confronted with the problem
that changes in numerosity are always accompanied by changes in the visual properties of …

Numerosity estimation and comparison tasks are often used to measure the acuity of the
approximate number system (ANS), a mechanism which allows extracting numerosity from …