Bahnmueller, Julia, Göbel, Silke M. orcid.org/0000-0001-8845-6026, Pixner, Silvia et al. (2 more authors) (2018) More than simple facts::cross-linguistic differences in place-value processing in arithmetic fact retrieval. Psychological research-Psychologische forschung. pp. 1-10. ISSN 0340-0727
Abstract
Linguistic specificities such as the inversion property of number words (e.g., in German 43 is spoken dreiundvierzig, literally three and forty) moderate Arabic number processing. So far, cross-linguistic studies have mostly focused on inversion-related effects on simple (number comparison) and calculation-based (multi-digit addition) magnitude processing of numerical information. Despite the assumption that multiplication facts are represented in verbal format, not much attention has been paid to inversion-related influences on multiplication fact retrieval. Accordingly, the current study evaluated inversion-related effects on the processing of place-value information in multiplication. In a verification paradigm, the decade consistency effect (i.e., more errors when the decade of a solution probe shares the decade digit with the correct solution) was larger for English- than German-speaking participants for table-related probes. Processing of decade digits might be prioritised in English-speaking participants because the decade-digit is named first in English number words whereas in German number words the unit-digit is named first. Our results indicate that i) the influence of specificities of a verbal number word formation on place-value processing generalise to arithmetic fact retrieval and ii) inversion of number words might even be advantageous in specific cases.
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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: | 28 Aug 2018 10:30 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 15:01 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-018-1083-7 |
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Identification Number: | 10.1007/s00426-018-1083-7 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:135054 |
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