The Limits of Numerical Discrimination
Abstract
THE solution of the Problem ``how many objects can a man count at once?'' is not general, but depends especially on the grouping, position, angular distance, similarity and nature of the objects counted, as well as on the experience and health of the person who counts them.
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- March 1871
- DOI:
- 10.1038/003405b0
- Bibcode:
- 1871Natur...3..405V