Göbel, Silke M orcid.org/0000-0001-8845-6026, Maier, Carolin A and Shaki, Samuel (2015) Which numbers do you have in mind?:Number generation is influenced by reading direction. Cognitive processing. pp. 241-244. ISSN 1612-4790
Abstract
In Western participants, small numbers are associated with left and larger numbers with right space. A biological account proposes that brain asymmetries lead to these attentional asymmetries in number space. In contrast, a cultural account proposes that the direction of this association is shaped by reading direction. We explored whether number generation is influenced by reading direction in participants from a left-to-right (UK) and a right-to-left (Arab) reading culture. Participants generated numbers randomly while lying on their left and right side. The mean number generated by participants from a left-to-right reading culture was smaller when they lay on their left than on their right side, and the opposite was found for participants from a right-to-left reading culture. Asymmetries in number space observed in number generation are more compatible with a cultural than biological account.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Marta Olivetti Belardinelli and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015.This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Psychology (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 10 Aug 2016 08:59 |
Last Modified: | 17 Mar 2025 00:06 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10339-015-0715-8 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s10339-015-0715-8 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:103371 |
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