A gifted SNARC? Directional spatial-numerical associations in gifted children with high-level math skills do not differ from controls

被引:7
作者
He, Yunfeng [1 ,2 ]
Nuerk, Hans-Christoph [2 ,3 ,4 ]
Derksen, Alexander [2 ]
Shi, Jiannong [5 ,6 ,7 ]
Zhou, Xinlin [8 ,9 ,10 ,11 ]
Cipora, Krzysztof [2 ,3 ,12 ]
机构
[1] Liaoning Univ, Student Psychol Counseling Ctr, Shenyang, Peoples R China
[2] Univ Tubingen, Dept Psychol, Tubingen, Germany
[3] Univ Tubingen, LEAD Grad Sch & Res Network, Tubingen, Germany
[4] Leibniz Inst Wissensmedien, Tubingen, Germany
[5] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, CAS Key Lab Behav Sci, 16 Lincui Rd, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China
[6] Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Dept Psychol, Beijing, Peoples R China
[7] Aalborg Univ, Dept Learning & Philosophy, Aalborg, Denmark
[8] Beijing Normal Univ, State Key Lab Cognit Neurosci & Learning, Beijing, Peoples R China
[9] Beijing Normal Univ, IDG McGovern Inst Brain Res, Beijing, Peoples R China
[10] Beijing Normal Univ, Adv Innovat Ctr Future Educ, Beijing, Peoples R China
[11] Beijing Normal Univ, Siegler Ctr Innovat Learning, Beijing, Peoples R China
[12] Loughborough Univ, Ctr Math Cognit, Loughborough LE 3TU, Leics, England
来源
PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH-PSYCHOLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG | 2021年 / 85卷 / 04期
关键词
MENTAL NUMBER LINE; ARITHMETIC PERFORMANCE; PROCESSING EFFICIENCY; PRELITERATE CHILDREN; FORMAL OPERATIONS; ARABIC NUMERALS; REPRESENTATION; SPACE; MAGNITUDE; PARITY;
D O I
10.1007/s00426-020-01354-9
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
The SNARC (Spatial-Numerical Association of Response Codes) effect (i.e., a tendency to associate small/large magnitude numbers with the left/right hand side) is prevalent across the whole lifespan. Because the ability to relate numbers to space has been viewed as a cornerstone in the development of mathematical skills, the relationship between the SNARC effect and math skills has been frequently examined. The results remain largely inconsistent. Studies testing groups of people with very low or very high skill levels in math sometimes found relationships between SNARC and math skills. So far, however, studies testing such extreme math skills level groups were mostly investigating the SNARC effect in individuals revealing math difficulties. Groups with above average math skills remain understudied, especially in regard to children. Here, we investigate the SNARC effect in gifted children, as compared to normally developing children (overall n = 165). Frequentist and Bayesian analysis suggested that the groups did not differ from each other in the SNARC effect. These results are the first to provide evidence for the SNARC effect in a relatively large sample of gifted (and mathematically highly skilled) children. In sum, our study provides another piece of evidence for no direct link between the SNARC effect and mathematical ability in childhood.
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页码:1645 / 1661
页数:17
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