Darko Odic
Biographic Data
| ID | 5016491 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Darko Odic |
| GIVEN NAMES | Darko |
| FAMILY NAME | Odic |
| SIGNATURE | ODIC D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5783-2789 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Testing the emergentist theory of number perception throughout development
The origins of abstract concepts remain a central question in cognitive science. Empiricist theories propose that such concepts can be acquired through a set of domain-general learning mechanisms, whereas nativist accounts maintain that most abstract concepts are not learned. To investigate these contrasting perspectives, we focus on number, and specifically on how human minds perceive number in visual scenes, even without counting. Building on a…
Children can map precise number words to approximate arithmetic prior to formal instruction
Humans possess an intuitive number sense that can both represent and arithmetically transform visually presented collections of objects (e.g., allowing children to determine that two collections of 10 dots added together are less than 30 dots). This competency, however, is distinct from problem-solving in school-taught mathematics, where children must determine one precise number as the correct answer. Here, we show that once children have mapped…
Evidence for a Low Number Prior in Children's Intuitive Number Sense
Children rely on their Approximate Number System to intuitively perceive number. Such adaptations often exhibit sensitivity to real-world statistics. This study investigates a potential manifestation of the ANS's sensitivity to real-world statistics: a negative power-law distribution of objects in natural scenes should be reflected in children's expectations about number, or in more Bayesian terms, a low number prior distribution. Five- to eight-…
Visual numerosity perception shows no advantage in real-world scenes compared to artificial displays
Mini managers
Strategic collaboration according to the law of comparative advantage involves dividing tasks based on the relative capabilities of group members. Three experiments (N = 405, primarily White and Asian, 45% female, collected 2016–2019 in Canada) examined how this strategy develops in children when dividing cognitive labor. Children divided questions about numbers between two partners. By 7 years, children allocated difficult questions to the skill…
The malleable impact of non-numeric features in visual number perception
Non-numeric stimulus features frequently influence observers' number judgments: when judging the number of items in a display, we will often (mis)perceive the set with a larger cumulative surface area as more numerous. These "congruency effects" are often used as evidence for how vision extracts numeric information and have been invoked in arguments surrounding whether non-numeric cues (e.g., cumulative area, density, etc.) are combined for numbe…
Children flexibly compare their confidence within and across perceptual domains
How does a person make decisions across perceptual boundaries? Here, we test the account that confidence constitutes a common currency for perceptual decisions even in childhood by examining whether confidence can be compared across distinct perceptual dimensions. We conducted a strict test of domain-generality in confidence reasoning by asking 6- to 7-year-olds to compare their confidence in 2 decisions, either from the same perceptual dimension…
The publication gender gap in psychology
Women are notably underrepresented in the academic sciences. Psychology is a pertinent case study of gender inequality in science, because women make up over three quarters of undergraduate and graduate students but only a third of all full professors. Here, publication records from 125 high-impact, peer-reviewed psychology journals are analyzed to describe nuanced patterns about how men and women contribute to research psychology. To determine g…
On how verification tasks are related to verification procedures
Developmental change in the acuity of approximate number and area representations
From very early in life, humans can approximate the number and surface area of objects in a scene. The ability to discriminate between 2 approximate quantities, whether number or area, critically depends on the ratio between the quantities, with the most difficult ratio that a participant can reliably discriminate known as the Weber fraction. While developmental improvements in the Weber fraction have been demonstrated for number, the development…
The publication gender gap in psychology
Women are notably underrepresented in the academic sciences. Psychology is a pertinent case study of gender inequality in science, because women make up over three quarters of undergraduate and graduate students but only a third of all full professors. Here, publication records from 125 high-impact, peer-reviewed psychology journals are analyzed to describe nuanced patterns about how men and women contribute to research psychology. To determine g…
Developmental change in the acuity of approximate number and area representations
From very early in life, humans can approximate the number and surface area of objects in a scene. The ability to discriminate between 2 approximate quantities, whether number or area, critically depends on the ratio between the quantities, with the most difficult ratio that a participant can reliably discriminate known as the Weber fraction. While developmental improvements in the Weber fraction have been demonstrated for number, the development…
Developmental change in the acuity of approximate number and area representations
From very early in life, humans can approximate the number and surface area of objects in a scene. The ability to discriminate between 2 approximate quantities, whether number or area, critically depends on the ratio between the quantities, with the most difficult ratio that a participant can reliably discriminate known as the Weber fraction. While developmental improvements in the Weber fraction have been demonstrated for number, the development…
On how verification tasks are related to verification procedures
The publication gender gap in psychology
Women are notably underrepresented in the academic sciences. Psychology is a pertinent case study of gender inequality in science, because women make up over three quarters of undergraduate and graduate students but only a third of all full professors. Here, publication records from 125 high-impact, peer-reviewed psychology journals are analyzed to describe nuanced patterns about how men and women contribute to research psychology. To determine g…
Children flexibly compare their confidence within and across perceptual domains
How does a person make decisions across perceptual boundaries? Here, we test the account that confidence constitutes a common currency for perceptual decisions even in childhood by examining whether confidence can be compared across distinct perceptual dimensions. We conducted a strict test of domain-generality in confidence reasoning by asking 6- to 7-year-olds to compare their confidence in 2 decisions, either from the same perceptual dimension…
Mini managers
Strategic collaboration according to the law of comparative advantage involves dividing tasks based on the relative capabilities of group members. Three experiments (N = 405, primarily White and Asian, 45% female, collected 2016–2019 in Canada) examined how this strategy develops in children when dividing cognitive labor. Children divided questions about numbers between two partners. By 7 years, children allocated difficult questions to the skill…
The malleable impact of non-numeric features in visual number perception
Non-numeric stimulus features frequently influence observers' number judgments: when judging the number of items in a display, we will often (mis)perceive the set with a larger cumulative surface area as more numerous. These "congruency effects" are often used as evidence for how vision extracts numeric information and have been invoked in arguments surrounding whether non-numeric cues (e.g., cumulative area, density, etc.) are combined for numbe…
Visual numerosity perception shows no advantage in real-world scenes compared to artificial displays
Children can map precise number words to approximate arithmetic prior to formal instruction
Humans possess an intuitive number sense that can both represent and arithmetically transform visually presented collections of objects (e.g., allowing children to determine that two collections of 10 dots added together are less than 30 dots). This competency, however, is distinct from problem-solving in school-taught mathematics, where children must determine one precise number as the correct answer. Here, we show that once children have mapped…
Evidence for a Low Number Prior in Children's Intuitive Number Sense
Children rely on their Approximate Number System to intuitively perceive number. Such adaptations often exhibit sensitivity to real-world statistics. This study investigates a potential manifestation of the ANS's sensitivity to real-world statistics: a negative power-law distribution of objects in natural scenes should be reflected in children's expectations about number, or in more Bayesian terms, a low number prior distribution. Five- to eight-…
Testing the emergentist theory of number perception throughout development
The origins of abstract concepts remain a central question in cognitive science. Empiricist theories propose that such concepts can be acquired through a set of domain-general learning mechanisms, whereas nativist accounts maintain that most abstract concepts are not learned. To investigate these contrasting perspectives, we focus on number, and specifically on how human minds perceive number in visual scenes, even without counting. Building on a…
Psychology (9 works) · Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (7 works) · Cognitive psychology (6 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Perception (5 works) · Child and Animal Learning Development (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques (3 works) · Neuroscience and Music Perception (3 works)