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    "pk": 30031,
    "title": "Cross-modal ratio abstraction in children",
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    "abstract": "In two experiments, we tested whether pre-schoolers can extract proportional information in the auditory modality andmatch it to a visual display. We familiarized 240 4-, 5-, and 6-year-olds to a 2-minute stream of dog barks and frog croaksin a 4:1 ratio. In a forced-choice paradigm, we then presented a visual display of dogs and frogs (varying total number ofobjects in the display) in the target 4:1 ratio, against comparison ratios of 1:4, 2:1, 1:1, and 6:1. Children correctly chosethe matching 4:1 visual display over the 1:4 and 6:1 displays at above-chance rates regardless of absolute number, but onlyshowed a significant preference for the 4:1 display over 2:1 and 1:1 displays when the number of objects in the displaywas large. These findings provide preliminary support for cross-modal ratio abstraction in preschoolers and suggest thatthe absolute number of items in a display impacts childrens performance.",
    "language": "eng",
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    "section": "Poster Session 3",
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        {
            "first_name": "Reem",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Tawfik",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of Waterloo",
            "department": ""
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        {
            "first_name": "Katherine",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "White",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of Waterloo",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Stephanie",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Denison",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of Waterloo",
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    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "2020-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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