| Title |
Reading habits for both words and numbers contribute to the SNARC effect
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, April 2009
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| DOI | 10.3758/pbr.16.2.328 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Samuel Shaki, Martin H. Fischer, William M. Petrusic |
| Abstract |
This study compared the spatial representation of numbers in three groups of adults: Canadians, who read both English words and Arabic numbers from left to right; Palestinians, who read Arabic words and Arabic-Indic numbers from right to left; and Israelis, who read Hebrew words from right to left but Arabic numbers from left to right. Canadians associated small numbers with left and large numbers with right space (the SNARC effect), Palestinians showed the reverse association, and Israelis had no reliable spatial association for numbers. These results suggest that reading habits for both words and numbers contribute to the spatial representation of numbers. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 248 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2 | <1% |
| Italy | 2 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Belgium | 1 | <1% |
| Russia | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 237 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 59 | 24% |
| Student > Master | 41 | 17% |
| Researcher | 28 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 26 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 10 | 4% |
| Other | 42 | 17% |
| Unknown | 42 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 130 | 52% |
| Social Sciences | 13 | 5% |
| Linguistics | 12 | 5% |
| Neuroscience | 12 | 5% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 3% |
| Other | 23 | 9% |
| Unknown | 50 | 20% |