How to cook a SNARC: Number placement in text rapidly changes spatial-numerical associations

被引：125

作者：

Fischer, Martin H. ^{[1
]}

Mills, Richard A. ^{[1
]}

Shaki, Samuel ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Dundee, Sch Psychol, Dundee DD1 4HN, Scotland

来源：

BRAIN AND COGNITION | 2010年 / 72卷 / 03期

关键词：

Number line; Numerical cognition; Reading; SNARC effect; Spatial-numerical associations; SPACE; REPRESENTATION; HABITS; PARITY;

D O I：

10.1016/j.bandc.2009.10.010

中图分类号：

Q189 [神经科学];

学科分类号：

071006 ;

摘要：

Most theoreticians believe that reading habits explain why Western adults associate small numbers with left space and large numbers with right space (the SNARC effect). We challenge this belief by documenting, in both English and Hebrew, that SNARC changes during reading: small and large numbers it. our texts appeared near the left or right ends of the lines, positioned either spatially congruent or incongruent with reading habits. In English, the congruent group showed reliable SNARC before and after reading and the incongruent group's SNARC was significantly reduced. In Hebrew the incongruent reading condition even induced a reverse SNARC. These results show that SNARC is a fleeting aspect of number representation that captures multiple spatial associations. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：333 / 336

页数：4

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