Butterworth, B;
(2007)
Why frequencies are natural.
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
, 30
(3)
259 - 260.
10.1017/S0140525X07001707.
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Abstract
Research in mathematical cognition has shown that rates, and other interpretations of x/y, are hard to learn and understand. On the other hand, there is extensive evidence that the brain is endowed with a specialized mechanism for representing and manipulating the numerosities of sets – that is, frequencies. Hence, base-rates are neglected precisely because they are rates, whereas frequencies are indeed natural.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Why frequencies are natural |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0140525X07001707 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X07001707 |
| Language: | English |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/3671 |
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