Language and Arithmetic
- We examined cross-domain semantic priming effects between arithmetic and language. We paired subtractions with their linguistic equivalent, exception phrases (EPs) with positive quantifiers (e.g., “everybody except John”) while pairing additions with their own linguistic equivalent, EPs with negative quantifiers (e.g., “nobody except John”; Moltmann, 1995). We hypothesized that EPs with positive quantifiers prime subtractions and inhibit additions while EPs with negative quantifiers prime additions and inhibit subtractions. Furthermore, we expected similar priming and inhibition effects from arithmetic into semantics. Our design allowed for a bidirectional analysis by using one trial's target as the prime for the next trial. Two experiments failed to show significant priming effects in either direction. Implications and possible shortcomings are explored in the general discussion.
Author details: | Golnoush Ronasi, Martin H. FischerORCiDGND, Malte ZimmermannORCiDGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-417278 |
Title of parent work (German): | Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe |
Subtitle (English): | A Failure to Find Cross Cognitive Domain Semantic Priming Between Exception Phrases and Subtraction or Addition |
Publication series (Volume number): | Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe (469) |
Publication type: | Postprint |
Language: | English |
Date of first publication: | 2018/10/08 |
Publication year: | 2018 |
Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
Release date: | 2018/10/08 |
Tag: | arithmetic; cognitive module; cross-domain priming; information integration; language |
Issue: | 469 |
Number of pages: | 12 |
Source: | Frontiers in Psychology 9 (2018) Art. 1524 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01524 |
Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften |
DDC classification: | 1 Philosophie und Psychologie / 15 Psychologie / 150 Psychologie |
Peer review: | Referiert |
Publishing method: | Open Access |
License (German): | CC-BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
External remark: | Bibliographieeintrag der Originalveröffentlichung/Quelle |