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In experiments in which adult subjects are asked to produce the first number below 10 that comes to mind, ‘7’ is chosen considerably more than the other numbers. This study shows that this “seven phenomenon” does not appear for children of 8 and 9 yr. old but does for 10 and 11 yr. olds.
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S. Wiegersma (1979) studied this question.
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