Addition and Subtraction but Not Multiplication and Division Cause Shifts of Spatial Attention.

ABSTRACT: Many studies have shown that solving addition and subtraction problems can induce overt shifts of spatial attention. In particular, right-side targets are detected faster than left-side targets when preceded by an addition operation, while left-side targets are detected faster than right-side targets when preceded by a subtraction operation. However, the interaction between space and arithmetic in multiplication or division is hardly studied and remains controversial. In order to make a strong case for the interaction between space and mental arithmetic, we attempted to replicate the spatial-arithmetic association in addition and subtraction (Experiment 1), and at the same time investigated whether shift of spatial attention would also be induced by multiplication or division operations (E

SUBMITTER: Li M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5943508 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature