A large and growing literature examines how we see the visual quantities of number, area, and density. The literature rests on an untested assumption: that our perception of area is veridical. Here, we discuss a systematic distortion of perceived area and its implications for quantity perception more broadly.

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我们如何看待面积及其重要性

大量且不断增长的文献研究了我们如何看待数量、面积和密度的视觉量。文献基于一个未经检验的假设：我们对面积的感知是真实的。在这里，我们更广泛地讨论感知区域的系统扭曲及其对数量感知的影响。