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  • Title: Perceiving numbers causes spatial shifts of attention.
    Author: Fischer MH, Castel AD, Dodd MD, Pratt J.
    Journal: Nat Neurosci; 2003 Jun; 6(6):555-6. PubMed ID: 12754517.
    Abstract:
    Number symbols are part of our everyday visual world. Here we show that merely looking at numbers causes a shift in covert attention to the left or right side, depending upon the number's magnitude. This observation implies obligatory activation of number meaning and signals a tight coupling of internal and external representations of space.
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