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subitizing: a standalone construct

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Cognitive psychology

rapid, accurate and confident judgment of the number of items in small sets without counting.

In cognitive psychology, subitizing refers to rapid, accurate and confident judgment of the number of items in small sets without counting. This meaning comes from Kaufman (1949) in The American Journal of Psychology.[1]

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Kaufman, E. L., Lord, M. W., Reese, T. W., & Volkmann, J. (1949). The Discrimination of Visual Number. The American Journal of Psychology, 62(4), 498. https://doi.org/10.2307/1418556

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