The neural basis of the Weber–Fechner law: a logarithmic mental number line
Trends in Cognitive SciencesPublished 1 April 2003
Stanislas Dehaene
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Abstract
The recent discovery of number neurons allows for a dissection of the neuronal implementation of number representation. In a recent article, Nieder and Miller demonstrate a neural correlate of Weber's law, and thus resolve a classical debate in psychophysics: the mental number line seems to be logarithmic rather than linear.
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