Can Implicit or Explicit Time Processing Impact Numerical Representation? Evidence From a Dual Task Paradigm.

ABSTRACT: Whether the human brain processes various types of magnitude, such as numbers and time, through a shared representation or whether there are different representations for each type of magnitude is still debated. Here, we investigated two aspects of number-time interaction: the effects of implicit and explicit processing of time on numbers and the bi-directional interaction between time and number processing. Thirty-two participants were randomly assigned into two experimental groups that performed, respectively, a Single task (number comparison, with implicit time processing) and a Dual task (number comparison as a primary task, with explicit time processing as a secondary task). Results showed that participants, only in the Dual task, were faster and more accurate when processing large nu

SUBMITTER: Di Bono MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6960196 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature