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    Journal of Experimental Psychology. Human Perception and Performance
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    People can quickly count up to four blocks without counting. For more blocks, they use grouping and adding strategies, which a new mathematical model accurately predicts. Structural factors have minimal impact compared to the number of blocks.

    Area of Science:

    • Cognitive Psychology
    • Mathematical Modeling
    • Visual Perception

    Background:

    • Quantifying objects is fundamental to cognition.
    • Human number perception involves distinct processes like subitizing, grouping, and adding.
    • Understanding how these processes influence estimation accuracy and speed is crucial.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop and validate a mathematical model for object quantification latencies.
    • To investigate the roles of subitizing, grouping, and adding in estimating block arrangements.
    • To assess the impact of structural variables on quantification time.

    Main Methods:

    • Derivation of a mathematical model incorporating additive subcomponents.
    • Experimental measurement of quantification latencies for 3D block arrangements.

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  • Analysis of structural variables: compactness, symmetry, linearity, and planarity.

    • Main Results:

    • A model based on subitizing, grouping, and adding accurately predicted quantification latencies.
    • Subitizing occurred consistently up to four blocks.
    • Beyond four blocks, grouping and adding became dominant, as predicted by the model.
    • Structural variables had a minor influence compared to the number of blocks, with compactness having the largest effect.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed mathematical model effectively explains human quantification of block arrangements.
    • Perceptual grouping, influenced by visual structure like compactness, is a key subcomponent in number estimation.
    • The number of items is the primary determinant of quantification latency, overriding most structural features.