Spatial Presentations, but Not Response Formats Influence Spatial-Numerical Associations in Adults.

ABSTRACT: According to theories of embodied numerosity, processing of numerical magnitude is anchored in bodily experiences. In particular, spatial representations of number interact with movement in physical space, but it is still unclear whether the extent of the movement is relevant for this interaction. In this study, we compared spatial-numerical associations over response movements of differing spatial expansion. We expected spatial-numerical effects to increase with the extent of physical response movements. In addition, we hypothesized that these effects should be influenced by whether or not a spatial representation of numbers was presented. Adult participants performed two tasks: a magnitude classification (comparing numbers to the fixed standard 5), from which we calculated the Spa

SUBMITTER: Fischer U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6305423 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature