Attentional cueing in numerical cognition

Frontiers in Psychology

Martin H. Fischer¹ 

关键词: attention;    number line;    SNARC effect;    visual perception;    response selection;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01381

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Fischer et al. (2003) discovered that non-informative central numerical cues induce attention shifts: In accordance with a spatially organized mental number line, small, and large numbers facilitated detection of targets in the left and right visual hemifields, respectively. Zanolie and Pecher (2014, henceforth Z&P) failed to observe this pattern in 5 of 6 replication attempts and concluded that “the mental number line is not activated automatically but at best only when it is contextually relevant.” We briefly describe the current understanding of spatial-numerical associations (SNAs) before identifying aspects of Z&P's study that might explain their failure to replicate the attentional cueing effect of numbers.

【 授权许可】

CC BY