Universität zu Köln

Dolscheid, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0001-9104-6386 and Verlage, Heiko (2019). Preschoolers' Associations Between Space and Numbers Can Be Biased by Surface Area. Mind Brain Educ., 13 (4). S. 261 - 268. HOBOKEN: WILEY. ISSN 1751-228X

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Abstract

People associate numbers and horizontal space. This association has been demonstrated by the so-called SNARC (Spatial-Numerical Association of Response Codes)-effect, with Western participants responding faster to larger numbers with their right hand and vice versa for smaller numbers. SNARC-like effects have also been reported for preschoolers. However, it remains unclear whether children's SNARC-effects are exclusively based on number or whether nonnumerical factors such as surface area can also play a role. To address this question, we asked children to compare quantities in a nonsymbolic number comparison task. On half of the trials, the larger set took up more total surface area (congruent trials), and on the other half, the smaller number had more surface area (incongruent trials). We obtained a significant interaction of SNARC-like effects and congruency. SNARC-effects were only observed for congruent trials, demonstrating that preschoolers' spatial-numerical associations can be affected by nonnumerical magnitude.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Dolscheid, Sarah UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-9104-6386 UNSPECIFIED Verlage, Heiko UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-144089
DOI:	10.1111/mbe.12217
Journal or Publication Title:	Mind Brain Educ.
Volume:	13
Number:	4
Page Range:	S. 261 - 268
Date:	2019
Publisher:	WILEY
Place of Publication:	HOBOKEN
ISSN:	1751-228X
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language NUMERICAL COGNITION; MAGNITUDE; REPRESENTATION; PARITY; ACUITY; LESS; TIME Multiple languages Education & Educational Research; Psychology, Developmental Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/14408