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Grouping strategies in numerosity perception between intrinsic and extrinsic grouping cues
The number of items in an array can be quickly and accurately estimated by dividing the array into subgroups, in a strategy termed “groupitizing.” For example, when memorizing a telephone number, it is better to do so by divide the number into several segments. Different forms of visual grouping can...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8413425/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34475472 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96944-x |
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author | Pan, Yun Yang, Huanyu Li, Mengmeng Zhang, Jian Cui, Lihua |
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description | The number of items in an array can be quickly and accurately estimated by dividing the array into subgroups, in a strategy termed “groupitizing.” For example, when memorizing a telephone number, it is better to do so by divide the number into several segments. Different forms of visual grouping can affect the precision of the enumeration of a large set of items. Previous studies have found that when groupitizing, enumeration precision is improved by grouping arrays using visual proximity and color similarity. Based on Gestalt theory, Palmer (Cognit Psychol 24:436, 1992) divided perceptual grouping into intrinsic (e.g., proximity, similarity) and extrinsic (e.g., connectedness, common region) principles. Studies have investigated groupitizing effects on intrinsic grouping. However, to the best of our knowledge, no study has explored groupitizing effects for extrinsic grouping cues. Therefore, this study explored whether extrinsic grouping cues differed from intrinsic grouping cues for groupitizing effects in numerosity perception. The results showed that both extrinsic and intrinsic grouping cues improved enumeration precision. However, extrinsic grouping was more accurate in terms of the sensory precision of the numerosity perception. |
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spelling | pubmed-84134252021-09-07 Grouping strategies in numerosity perception between intrinsic and extrinsic grouping cues Pan, Yun Yang, Huanyu Li, Mengmeng Zhang, Jian Cui, Lihua Sci Rep Article The number of items in an array can be quickly and accurately estimated by dividing the array into subgroups, in a strategy termed “groupitizing.” For example, when memorizing a telephone number, it is better to do so by divide the number into several segments. Different forms of visual grouping can affect the precision of the enumeration of a large set of items. Previous studies have found that when groupitizing, enumeration precision is improved by grouping arrays using visual proximity and color similarity. Based on Gestalt theory, Palmer (Cognit Psychol 24:436, 1992) divided perceptual grouping into intrinsic (e.g., proximity, similarity) and extrinsic (e.g., connectedness, common region) principles. Studies have investigated groupitizing effects on intrinsic grouping. However, to the best of our knowledge, no study has explored groupitizing effects for extrinsic grouping cues. Therefore, this study explored whether extrinsic grouping cues differed from intrinsic grouping cues for groupitizing effects in numerosity perception. The results showed that both extrinsic and intrinsic grouping cues improved enumeration precision. However, extrinsic grouping was more accurate in terms of the sensory precision of the numerosity perception. Nature Publishing Group UK 2021-09-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8413425/ /pubmed/34475472 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96944-x Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Pan, Yun Yang, Huanyu Li, Mengmeng Zhang, Jian Cui, Lihua Grouping strategies in numerosity perception between intrinsic and extrinsic grouping cues |
title | Grouping strategies in numerosity perception between intrinsic and extrinsic grouping cues |
title_full | Grouping strategies in numerosity perception between intrinsic and extrinsic grouping cues |
title_fullStr | Grouping strategies in numerosity perception between intrinsic and extrinsic grouping cues |
title_full_unstemmed | Grouping strategies in numerosity perception between intrinsic and extrinsic grouping cues |
title_short | Grouping strategies in numerosity perception between intrinsic and extrinsic grouping cues |
title_sort | grouping strategies in numerosity perception between intrinsic and extrinsic grouping cues |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8413425/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34475472 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96944-x |
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