Two attributes of number meaning
- Many studies demonstrated interactions between number processing and either spatial codes (effects of spatial-numerical associations) or visual size-related codes (size-congruity effect). However, the interrelatedness of these two number couplings is still unclear. The present study examines the simultaneous occurrence of space- and size-numerical congruency effects and their interactions both within and across trials, in a magnitude judgment task physically small or large digits were presented left or right from screen center. The reaction times analysis revealed that space- and size-congruency effects coexisted in parallel and combined additively. Moreover, a selective sequential modulation of the two congruency effects was found. The size-congruency effect was reduced after size incongruent trials. The space-congruency effect, however, was only affected by the previous space congruency. The observed independence of spatial-numerical and within magnitude associations is interpreted as evidence that the two couplings reflectMany studies demonstrated interactions between number processing and either spatial codes (effects of spatial-numerical associations) or visual size-related codes (size-congruity effect). However, the interrelatedness of these two number couplings is still unclear. The present study examines the simultaneous occurrence of space- and size-numerical congruency effects and their interactions both within and across trials, in a magnitude judgment task physically small or large digits were presented left or right from screen center. The reaction times analysis revealed that space- and size-congruency effects coexisted in parallel and combined additively. Moreover, a selective sequential modulation of the two congruency effects was found. The size-congruency effect was reduced after size incongruent trials. The space-congruency effect, however, was only affected by the previous space congruency. The observed independence of spatial-numerical and within magnitude associations is interpreted as evidence that the two couplings reflect Different attributes of numerical meaning possibly related to orginality and cardinality.…
| Author details: | Michael Wiemers, Harold Bekkering, Oliver LindemannORCiD |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1027/1618-3169/a000366 |
| ISSN: | 1618-3169 |
| ISSN: | 2190-5142 |
| Pubmed ID: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28922994 |
| Title of parent work (English): | Experimental Psychology |
| Subtitle (English): | numerical associations with visual space and size exist in parallel |
| Publisher: | Hogrefe |
| Place of publishing: | Göttingen |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of first publication: | 2017/09/18 |
| Publication year: | 2017 |
| Release date: | 2022/04/13 |
| Tag: | Gratton effect; number processing; shared magnitude representation; size-congruity effect; spatial-numerical associations |
| Volume: | 64 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Number of pages: | 9 |
| First page: | 253 |
| Last Page: | 261 |
| Funding institution: | Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) [411-10-908] |
| Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Psychologie |
| DDC classification: | 1 Philosophie und Psychologie / 15 Psychologie / 150 Psychologie |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
| Publishing method: | Open Access / Green Open-Access |
