A Mental Odd-Even Continuum Account: Some Numbers May Be "More Odd" Than Others and Some Numbers May Be "More Even" Than Others.

ABSTRACT: Numerical categories such as parity, i.e., being odd or even, have frequently been shown to influence how particular numbers are processed. Mathematically, number parity is defined categorically. So far, cognitive, and psychological accounts have followed the mathematical definition and defined parity as a categorical psychological representation as well. In this manuscript, we wish to test the alternative account that cognitively, parity is represented in a more gradual manner such that some numbers are represented as "more odd" or "more even" than other odd or even numbers, respectively. Specifically, parity processing might be influenced by more specific properties such as whether a number is a prime, a square number, a power of 2, part of a multiplication table, divisible by 4 or by 5,

SUBMITTER: Heubner L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6032609 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature