How We See Area-Yousif

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https://www.cell.com/trends/cognitive-sciences/fulltext/S1364-6613(21)00092-9

  • humans are best at length
  • the combined area of many objects is thought of as a combination of lengths. Implications:
    • Many small areas are seen as “more” than a few larger areas. Especially if the smaller areas are spread out. (Magnitude Processing in non-symbolic stimuli Leibovich argues that many small items seem more dense)
    • a rotated square is seen as larger, since its vertical / horizontal length is longer
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