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ArticleThe Behavioral and brain sciences2021

Numbers in action.

David C Burr, Giovanni Anobile, Elisa Castaldi, Roberto Arrighi

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Article in The Behavioral and brain sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

David C BurrDepartment of Neuroscience, Psychology, Pharmacology, and Child Health, University of Florence, 50139Florence, Italy. davidcharles.burr@unifi.itgiovanni.anobile@unifi.itelisa.castaldi@gmail.comroberto.arrighi@unifi.ithttps://www.pisavisionlab.org/members/giovanni-anobilehttps://www.pisavisionlab.org/members/roberto-arrighi.ORCID 0000-0003-1541-8832
Giovanni AnobileDepartment of Neuroscience, Psychology, Pharmacology, and Child Health, University of Florence, 50139Florence, Italy. davidcharles.burr@unifi.itgiovanni.anobile@unifi.itelisa.castaldi@gmail.comroberto.arrighi@unifi.ithttps://www.pisavisionlab.org/members/giovanni-anobilehttps://www.pisavisionlab.org/members/roberto-arrighi.ORCID 0000-0003-2796-0661
Elisa CastaldiDepartment of Neuroscience, Psychology, Pharmacology, and Child Health, University of Florence, 50139Florence, Italy. davidcharles.burr@unifi.itgiovanni.anobile@unifi.itelisa.castaldi@gmail.comroberto.arrighi@unifi.ithttps://www.pisavisionlab.org/members/giovanni-anobilehttps://www.pisavisionlab.org/members/roberto-arrighi.ORCID 0000-0003-0327-6697
Roberto ArrighiDepartment of Neuroscience, Psychology, Pharmacology, and Child Health, University of Florence, 50139Florence, Italy. davidcharles.burr@unifi.itgiovanni.anobile@unifi.itelisa.castaldi@gmail.comroberto.arrighi@unifi.ithttps://www.pisavisionlab.org/members/giovanni-anobilehttps://www.pisavisionlab.org/members/roberto-arrighi.ORCID 0000-0002-5435-6729

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To understand the number sense, we need to understand its function. We argue that numerosity estimation is fundamental not only for perception, but also preparation and control of action. We outline experiments that link numerosity estimation with action, pointing to a generalized numerosity system that serves both perception and action preparation.

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