eprintid: 3671 rev_number: 38 eprint_status: archive userid: 150 dir: disk0/00/00/36/71 datestamp: 2007-06-22 12:00:00 lastmod: 2021-12-05 00:51:38 status_changed: 2008-01-09 13:48:56 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Butterworth, B title: Why frequencies are natural ispublished: pub subjects: 13100 divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: C07 divisions: D05 divisions: F69 abstract: Research in mathematical cognition has shown that rates, and other interpretations of x/y, are hard to learn and understand. On the other hand, there is extensive evidence that the brain is endowed with a specialized mechanism for representing and manipulating the numerosities of sets – that is, frequencies. Hence, base-rates are neglected precisely because they are rates, whereas frequencies are indeed natural. date: 2007-06 date_type: published official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X07001707 vfaculties: VFBRS oa_status: green language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_source: Scopus elements_id: 84307 doi: 10.1017/S0140525X07001707 lyricists_name: Butterworth, Brian lyricists_id: BLBUT84 full_text_status: public publication: Behavioral and Brain Sciences volume: 30 number: 3 pagerange: 259 - 260 refereed: TRUE issn: 0140-525X citation: Butterworth, B; (2007) Why frequencies are natural. Behavioral and Brain Sciences , 30 (3) 259 - 260. 10.1017/S0140525X07001707 <https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X07001707>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/3671/1/3671.pdf