TY  - JOUR
A1  - Gianelli, Claudia
A1  - Ranzini, Mariagrazia
A1  - Marzocchi, Michele
A1  - Micheli, Leticia Rettore
A1  - Borghi, Anna M.
T1  - Influence of numerical magnitudes on the free choice of an object position
JF  - Cognitive processing : international quarterly of cognitive science
N2  - The link between numerical magnitude and mechanisms of spatial orienting has been underlined in an increasing number of studies. Similarly, the relationship between numerical magnitude and grasping actions has started to be investigated. The present study focuses on the influence of numerical magnitude processing in the free choice of the position of an object. Participants were presented with a digit (1-9 without 5) and were required to decide whether it was smaller or larger than 5. Then, they had to grasp a small cube and change its position before vocally responding "higher" or "lower". Results showed that in the initial phase of the grasp movement, the grip aperture was modulated by the numerical magnitude. Moreover, participants shifted the position of the cube more leftward with smaller digits compared with larger ones, and they tended to position the object closer to themselves with smaller digits compared with larger ones. These results extend the previous findings indicating that the processing of magnitude is tightly related to the mechanisms of spatial orienting that subserve action execution.
KW  - Spatial-numerical associations
KW  - Magnitude processing
KW  - Hand kinematics
KW  - Embodied cognition
Y1  - 2012
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10339-012-0483-7
SN  - 1612-4782
VL  - 13
SP  - S185
EP  - S188
PB  - Springer
CY  - Heidelberg
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Gianelli, Claudia
A1  - Ranzini, Mariagrazia
A1  - Marzocchi, Michele
A1  - Micheli, Leticia Rettore
A1  - Borghi, Anna M.
T1  - Influence of numerical magnitudes on the free choice of an object position
T2  - Cognitive processing : international quarterly of cognitive science
Y1  - 2012
SN  - 1612-4782
VL  - 13
SP  - S41
EP  - S41
PB  - Springer
CY  - Heidelberg
ER  -