caa a22 4500 475788729 CHVBK 20180406123706.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20001201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s004260000021 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s004260000021 Subitizing and its subprocesses [Elektronische Daten] [Karl F. Wender, Rainer Rothkegel]  When people are presented with small sets of elements such as dots they can very easily determine their number. This ability has been called subitizing. The present paper reports results from four experiments. The discussion focuses on the question whether one or two psychological processes have to be assumed for this task of subitizing. Taken together our results support the two-process theories. In particular, a distinction between a process of separation and a process of enumeration is suggested. Experiments 3 and 4 support the canonical pattern hypothesis. Canonical patterns are processed substantially faster than noncanonical patterns. Furthermore, if a complex pattern can be broken down into small canonical patterns, then participants follow a partition and add strategy. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2000 Wender Karl F. Fachbereich I, University of Trier, 54286 Trier, Germany e-mail: wender@cogpsy.uni-trier.de, DE aut Rothkegel Rainer Max-Planck-Institut für Biologische Kybernetik, Tübingen, Germany, DE aut https://doi.org/10.1007/s004260000021 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s004260000021 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wender Karl F. Fachbereich I, University of Trier, 54286 Trier, Germany e-mail: wender@cogpsy.uni-trier.de, DE aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rothkegel Rainer Max-Planck-Institut für Biologische Kybernetik, Tübingen, Germany, DE aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer