Perceiving numbers causes spatial shifts of attention

被引：542
作者：
Fischer, MH [1 ]
Castel, AD
Dodd, MD
Pratt, J
机构：
[1] Univ Dundee, Dept Psychol, Dundee DD1 4HN, Scotland
[2] Univ Toronto, Dept Psychol, Toronto, ON M5S 3G3, Canada
来源：
NATURE NEUROSCIENCE | 2003年 / 6卷 / 06期
基金：
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
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D O I：
10.1038/nn1066
中图分类号：
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号：
071006 ;
摘要：
Number symbols are part of our everyday visual world. Here we show that merely looking at numbers causes a shift in covert attention to the left or right side, depending upon the number's magnitude. This observation implies obligatory activation of number meaning and signals a tight coupling of internal and external representations of space.
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