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operational momentum: a standalone construct

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Numerical cognition

tendency to overestimate the results of addition and underestimate the results of subtraction, as if moving too far along a number line.

In numerical cognition, operational momentum refers to tendency to overestimate the results of addition and underestimate the results of subtraction, as if moving too far along a number line. This meaning comes from McCrink (2007) in Perception & Psychophysics.[1]

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References

McCrink, K., Dehaene, S., & Dehaene-Lambertz, G. (2007). Moving along the number line: Operational momentum in nonsymbolic arithmetic. Perception & Psychophysics, 69(8), 1324-1333. https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03192949

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