Multiple spatial mappings in numerical cognition
- A recent cross-cultural comparison (Shaki, Fischer, & Petrusic, 2009) suggested that spatially consistent processing habits for words and numbers are a necessary condition for the spatial representation of numbers (Spatial-Numerical Association of Response Codes; SNARC effect). Here we reexamine the SNARC in Israelis who read text from right to left but numbers from left to right. We show that, despite these spatially inconsistent processing habits, a SNARC effect still emerges when the response dimension is spatially orthogonal to the conflicting processing dimension. These results clarify the cognitive conditions for spatial-numerical mappings.
Author details: | Samuel ShakiORCiD, Martin H. FischerORCiDGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1037/a0027562 |
ISSN: | 0096-1523 |
Title of parent work (English): | Journal of experimental psychology : Human perception and performance |
Publisher: | American Psychological Association |
Place of publishing: | Washington |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Year of first publication: | 2012 |
Publication year: | 2012 |
Release date: | 2017/03/26 |
Tag: | SNARC; mental number line; reading habits |
Volume: | 38 |
Issue: | 3 |
Number of pages: | 6 |
First page: | 804 |
Last Page: | 809 |
Funding institution: | Ariel University Center of Samaria; AHRC [AH/G013721/1] |
Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Psychologie |
Peer review: | Referiert |
Institution name at the time of the publication: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Psychologie |