The effect of inverting decades and units on the retention of two-digit numbers in working memory: a matter of the output mode.

ABSTRACT: Number-word structure affects transcoding and relates to working memory capacity (WMc). We tested the relationship between the structure of number-words (inverted "Units-Decades (UD) format" or not "Decades-Units (DU) format") and performance on the digit span task for recalling two-digit number-words presented verbally, using two modes of output. University students, native speakers of Arabic, who were also highly proficient in Hebrew, and native speakers of Hebrew, were asked to response by typing Arabic digits or recalling numbers verbally. Arabic and Hebrew speakers were equal in WMc for one-digit numbers in the two modes. However, when inversion was presented, performance was related to output and participants habits. In the typing response, both groups showed better performance for t

SUBMITTER: Hayek M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11554729 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature