On the limits of language influences on numerical cognition – no inversion effects in three-digit number magnitude processing in adults.
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Bahnmueller, J.
Moeller, K.
Mann, A.
Nuerk, H.-C.
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Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien
Abstract / Description
The inversion of number words influences numerical cognition even in seemingly non-verbal tasks, such as Arabic number comparison. However, it is an open question whether inversion of decades and units also influences number processing beyond the two-digit number range. The current study addresses this question by investigating compatibility effects in both German- (a language with inverted) and English-speaking (a language with non-inverted number words) university students (mean age 22 years) in a three-digit number comparison task.We observed reliable hundred-decade as well as hundred-unit compatibility effects for three-digit number comparison. This indicates that, comparable two-digit numbers, three-digit numbers are processed in a parallel decomposed fashion. However, in contrast to previous results on two-digit numbers as well as on children’s processing of three-digit numbers, no reliable modulation of these compatibility effects through language was observed in adults. The present data indicate that inversion-related differences in multi-digit number processing are limited. They seem to be restricted to the number range involving those digits being inverted (i.e., tens and units in two-digit numbers) but do not generalize to neighboring digits. Possible reasons for this lack of generalization are discussed.
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2015
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Frontiers in Psychology
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6:1216
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10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01216
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Bahnmueller, J.
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Moeller, K.
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Mann, A.
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Nuerk, H.-C.
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Other kind(s) of contributorLeibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien
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Date of first publication2015
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Abstract / DescriptionThe inversion of number words influences numerical cognition even in seemingly non-verbal tasks, such as Arabic number comparison. However, it is an open question whether inversion of decades and units also influences number processing beyond the two-digit number range. The current study addresses this question by investigating compatibility effects in both German- (a language with inverted) and English-speaking (a language with non-inverted number words) university students (mean age 22 years) in a three-digit number comparison task.We observed reliable hundred-decade as well as hundred-unit compatibility effects for three-digit number comparison. This indicates that, comparable two-digit numbers, three-digit numbers are processed in a parallel decomposed fashion. However, in contrast to previous results on two-digit numbers as well as on children’s processing of three-digit numbers, no reliable modulation of these compatibility effects through language was observed in adults. The present data indicate that inversion-related differences in multi-digit number processing are limited. They seem to be restricted to the number range involving those digits being inverted (i.e., tens and units in two-digit numbers) but do not generalize to neighboring digits. Possible reasons for this lack of generalization are discussed.
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/499
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.707
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Is version of10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01216
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TitleOn the limits of language influences on numerical cognition – no inversion effects in three-digit number magnitude processing in adults.
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DRO typearticle
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Leibniz institute name(s) / abbreviation(s)IWM
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Leibniz subject classificationPsychologie
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Journal titleFrontiers in Psychology
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Volume6:1216
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