Multiple spatial mappings in numerical cognition

Samuel Shaki; Martin H. Fischer

doi:10.1037/a0027562

Multiple spatial mappings in numerical cognition

Samuel Shaki
, Martin H. Fischer

Department of Psychology

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Abstract

A recent cross-cultural comparison (Shaki, Fischer, & Petrusic, 2009) suggested that spatially consistent processing habits for words and numbers are a necessary condition for the spatial representation of numbers (Spatial-Numerical Association of Response Codes; SNARC effect). Here we reexamine the SNARC in Israelis who read text from right to left but numbers from left to right. We show that, despite these spatially inconsistent processing habits, a SNARC effect still emerges when the response dimension is spatially orthogonal to the conflicting processing dimension. These results clarify the cognitive conditions for spatial-numerical mappings.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	804-809
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
Volume	38
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/a0027562
State	Published - Jun 2012

Keywords

Mental number line
Numerical cognition
Reading habits
Right-to-left reading
SNARC
Spatial mapping
Spatial-Numerical Association of Response Codes

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