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SUBMITTER: Poncet M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8062358 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Poncet Marlene M Chakravarthi Ramakrishna R
Psychonomic bulletin & review 20201117 2
Humans can efficiently individuate a small number of objects. This subitizing ability is thought to be a consequence of limited attentional resources. However, how and what is selected during the individuation process remain outstanding questions. We investigated these in four experiments by examining if parts of objects are enumerated as efficiently as distinct objects in the presence and absence of distractor objects. We found that distractor presence reduced subitizing efficiency. Crucially, ...[more]