Direction counts A comparative study of spatially directional counting biases in cultures with different reading directions
- Western adults associate small numbers with left space and large numbers with right space. Where does this pervasive spatial-numerical association come from? In this study, we first recorded directional counting preferences in adults with different reading experiences (left to right, right to left, mixed, and illiterate) and observed a clear relationship between reading and counting directions. We then recorded directional counting preferences in pre-schoolers and elementary school children from three of these reading cultures (left to right, right to left, and mixed). Culture-specific counting biases existed before reading acquisition in children as young as 3 years and were subsequently modified by early reading experience. Together, our results suggest that both directional counting and scanning activities contribute to number-space associations.
Verfasserangaben: | Samuel ShakiORCiD, Martin H. FischerORCiDGND, Silke M. Goebel |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2011.12.005 |
ISSN: | 0022-0965 |
Titel des übergeordneten Werks (Englisch): | Journal of experimental child psychology |
Verlag: | Elsevier |
Verlagsort: | San Diego |
Publikationstyp: | Wissenschaftlicher Artikel |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Jahr der Erstveröffentlichung: | 2012 |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2012 |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 26.03.2017 |
Freies Schlagwort / Tag: | Counting; Cross-cultural; Mental Number; Number-space association; Numerical cognition; Reading direction |
Band: | 112 |
Ausgabe: | 2 |
Seitenanzahl: | 7 |
Erste Seite: | 275 |
Letzte Seite: | 281 |
Organisationseinheiten: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Psychologie |
Peer Review: | Referiert |
Name der Einrichtung zum Zeitpunkt der Publikation: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Psychologie |