Subitizing in Tactile Perception

• Published in: Psychological science Vol. 17; no. 4; pp. 271 - 272
• Main Authors: Riggs, Kevin J., Ferrand, Ludovic, Lancelin, Denis, Fryziel, Laurent, Dumur, Gérard, Simpson, Andrew
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA Blackwell Publishing 01.04.2006; SAGE Publications; Association for Psychological Science
• Subjects: Adult; Cognitive psychology; Cognitive science; Experimental psychology; Female; Fingers; Fingers - physiology; Hands; Humans; Male; Perception; Perception - physiology; Psychology; Sense of touch; Short Report; Stimuli; Touch - physiology; Visual perception

Enumerating small sets of up to 3 to 4 items is fast, accurate and effortless and is known as subitizing (Kaufman, Lord, Reese & Volkmann, 1949) but gets slower, less accurate and more effortful with more than 4 items (counting). For over a hundred years (Jevons, 1871; Warren, 1897) researchers...