Questions About Quantifiers: Symbolic and Nonsymbolic Quantity Processing by the Brain
Jakub Szymanik,
Arnold Kochari,
Heming Strømholt Bremnes
Abstract:One approach to understanding how the human cognitive system stores and operates with quantifiers such as “some,” “many,” and “all” is to investigate their interaction with the cognitive mechanisms for estimating and comparing quantities from perceptual input (i.e., nonsymbolic quantities). While a potential link between quantifier processing and nonsymbolic quantity processing has been considered in the past, it has never been discussed extensively. Simultaneously, there is a long line of research within the … Show more
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