Psychophysical evidence for the number sense

DC Burr, G Anobile, R Arrighi - … Transactions of the …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
It is now clear that most animals, including humans, possess an ability to rapidly estimate
number. Some have questioned whether this ability arises from dedicated numerosity …

The pupil responds spontaneously to perceived numerosity

E Castaldi, A Pomè, GM Cicchini, D Burr… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Although luminance is the main determinant of pupil size, the amplitude of the pupillary light
response is also modulated by stimulus appearance and attention. Here we ask whether …

Higher attentional costs for numerosity estimation at high densities

A Pomè, G Anobile, GM Cicchini, A Scabia… - Attention, Perception, & …, 2019 - Springer
Humans can estimate numerosity over a large range, but the precision with which they do so
varies considerably over that range. For very small sets, within the subitizing range of up to …

[HTML][HTML] Three-systems for visual numerosity: A single case study

G Anobile, F Tomaiuolo, S Campana, GM Cicchini - Neuropsychologia, 2020 - Elsevier
Humans possess the remarkable capacity to assess the numerosity of a set of items over a
wide range of conditions, from a handful of items to hundreds of them. Recent evidence is …

[HTML][HTML] Fundamental units of numerosity estimation

R Chakravarthi, A Nordqvist, M Poncet, N Adamian - Cognition, 2023 - Elsevier
Humans can approximately enumerate a large number of objects at a single glance. While
several mechanisms have been proposed to account for this ability, the fundamental units …

Spontaneous representation of numerosity in typical and dyscalculic development

GM Cicchini, G Anobile, DC Burr - Cortex, 2019 - Elsevier
Animals including humans are endowed with a remarkable capacity to estimate rapidly the
number of items in a scene. Some have questioned whether this ability reflects a genuine …

[HTML][HTML] Different reaction-times for subitizing, estimation, and texture

A Pomè, G Anobile, GM Cicchini, DC Burr - Journal of Vision, 2019 - arvojournals.org
Humans can estimate and encode numerosity over a large range, from very few items to
several hundreds. Two distinct mechanisms have been proposed: subitizing, for numbers up …

Clustering leads to underestimation of numerosity, but crowding is not the cause

R Chakravarthi, M Bertamini - Cognition, 2020 - Elsevier
Humans have the remarkable ability to rapidly estimate the number of objects in a visual
scene without relying on counting, something referred to as the number sense. It has been …

Adaptation to numerosity affects the pupillary light response

C Caponi, E Castaldi, DC Burr, P Binda - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
We recently showed that the gain of the pupillary light response depends on numerosity,
with weaker responses to fewer items. Here we show that this effect holds when the stimuli …

Mario Ponzo (1928) on perception of numerosity: A translation and commentary

M Bertamini, NJ Wade - Perception, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Ponzo is a familiar name in psychology because of the illusion that takes his name. He had
a long and productive career in Italy, and some of his work was translated for international …