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Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research 4/2014

01-07-2014 | Original Article

Cognitive control in number magnitude processing: evidence from eye-tracking

Auteurs: S. Huber, A. Mann, H.-C. Nuerk, K. Moeller

Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research | Uitgave 4/2014

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Abstract

The unit-decade compatibility effect describes longer response times and higher error rates for incompatible (e.g., 37_52) than compatible (e.g., 42_57) number comparisons. Recent research indicated that the effect depends on the percentage of same-decade filler items. In the present study, we further examined this relationship by recording participants’ eye-fixation behaviour. In four conditions, participants had to compare item sets with different filler item types (i.e., same-decade and same-unit filler items) and different numbers of same-decade filler items (i.e., 25, 50, and 75 %). We found a weaker unit-decade compatibility effect with most fixations on tens in the condition with same-unit filler items. Moreover, the compatibility effect increased with the percentage of same-decade filler items which was accompanied by less fixations on tens and more fixations on units. Thus, our study provides first eye-tracking evidence for the influence of cognitive control in number processing.
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Please note that in the literature same-decade fillers are usually referred to as within-decade fillers. However, to improve discernibility from same-unit fillers (e.g., 53_73) in our qualitative manipulation of filler items, we decided to use these more distinctive terms.
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
Cognitive control in number magnitude processing: evidence from eye-tracking
Auteurs
S. Huber
A. Mann
H.-C. Nuerk
K. Moeller
Publicatiedatum
01-07-2014
Uitgeverij
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Gepubliceerd in
Psychological Research / Uitgave 4/2014
Print ISSN: 0340-0727
Elektronisch ISSN: 1430-2772
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-013-0504-x

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