Sentence examples for perception of quantity from inspiring English sources

We set out to investigate whether tonal movements affect the perception of quantity in Finnish in offline categorization (Exp. 1) and in online word recognition (Exp. 2) when f0 and duration information were systematically manipulated.

To summarize, even though the duration of the first syllable was a significant predictor of the categorization results, it was by far not the only cue to this end: speakers' perception of quantity depended significantly on the duration of the syllable following the first stressed one, and, robustly on whether the first syllable had a level or a falling tone.

It was also reported that the technology improved patient's perception of quantity of support but had no impact on diabetes knowledge score.

Similarly, sub-dividing a fixed portion of a food into smaller pieces also affects perceptions of quantity (Scisco 2012).

Not only does the size of tableware have the potential to directly influence the amount of a product available for consumption (Pratt 2012), but its physical dimensions can elicit various cognitive biases (Wansink 2005), which may influence perceptions of quantity and in turn determine levels of consumption.

There is wide variation in perception of odor quantity and quality among individuals in human populations.

We predicted this smaller effect since DDs show a deficiency in the symbolic system [ 37] and their perception of small quantities (i.e., subitizing) is intact [ 23, 24].

We expected a similar effect in both groups because DDs are considered to be deficient in both the symbolic system [ 37] as well as in their perception of large quantities (the counting range; [ 23, 30, 31].

We expected to see this larger effect, since DDs show a deficiency in the symbolic system [ 37] and their perception of small quantities (i.e., subitizing) might be intact [ 23, 24].

We expected to find the same effect since the DD group is considered to be deficient in the symbolic system [ 37] and their perception of large quantities (the counting range) is assumed to be deficient as well [ 23, 30, 31].

In addition to production data, some evidence suggests that speakers may use this information in the perception of length in quantity languages such as Serbo-Croatian, Estonian, Finnish, and Japanese [7], [29], [32], [33].