@article{GoebelMcCrinkFischeretal.2018, author = {G{\"o}bel, Silke M. and McCrink, Koleen and Fischer, Martin H. and Shaki, Samuel}, title = {Observation of directional storybook reading influences young children's counting direction}, series = {Journal of experimental child psychology}, volume = {166}, journal = {Journal of experimental child psychology}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {New York}, issn = {0022-0965}, doi = {10.1016/j.jecp.2017.08.001}, pages = {49 -- 66}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Even before formal schooling, children map numbers onto space in a directional manner. The origin of this preliterate spatial-numerical association is still debated. We investigated the role of enculturation for shaping the directionality of the association between numbers and space, focusing on counting behavior in 3- to 5-year-old preliterate children. Two studies provide evidence that, after observing reading from storybooks (left-to-right or right-to-left reading) children change their counting direction in line with the direction of observed reading. Just observing visuospatial directional movements had no such effect on counting direction. Complementarily, we document that book illustrations, prevalent in children's cultures, exhibit directionality that conforms to the direction of a culture's written language. We propose that shared book reading activates spatiotemporal representations of order in young children, which in turn affect their spatial representation of numbers.}, language = {en} } @misc{FischerSixtusGoebel2015, author = {Fischer, Martin H. and Sixtus, Elena and G{\"o}bel, Silke M.}, title = {Commentary}, series = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe}, journal = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe}, number = {420}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-406260}, pages = {3}, year = {2015}, abstract = {kein Abstract vorhanden}, language = {en} } @unpublished{FischerSixtusGoebel2015, author = {Fischer, Martin H. and Sixtus, Elena and G{\"o}bel, Silke M.}, title = {Commentary: A pointer about grasping numbers}, series = {Frontiers in psychology}, volume = {6}, journal = {Frontiers in psychology}, publisher = {Frontiers Research Foundation}, address = {Lausanne}, doi = {10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00227}, pages = {3}, year = {2015}, language = {en} }