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Impact of optokinetic stimulation on mental arithmetic

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Masson, Nicolas [UCL] Pesenti, Mauro [UCL] Dormal, Valérie [UCL]

Solving arithmetic problems has been shown to induce shifts of spatial attention, subtraction problems orienting attention to the left side, and addition problems to the right side of space. At the neurofunctional level, the activations elicited by the solving of arithmetical problems resemble those elicited by horizontal eye movements. Whether overt orientation of attention (i.e., eye movements) can be linked to the solving procedure is, however, still under debate. In the present study, we used optokinetic stimulation (OKS) to trigger automatic eye movements to orient participants’ overt attention to the right or to the left of their visual field while they were solving addition or subtraction problems. The results show that, in comparison to leftward OKS and a control condition, rightward OKS facilitates the solving of addition problems that necessitate a carrying procedure. Subtraction solving was unaffected by leftward or rightward OKS. These results converge with previous findings to show that attentional shifts are functionally related to mental arithmetic processing.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès mixte
Publication date 2016
Language Anglais
Journal information "Psychological Research : an international journal of perception, attention, memory and action" - Vol. 1, no.1, p. 1-10 (June 2016)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Springer ((Germany) Heidelberg)
issn 0340-0727
e-issn 1430-2772
Publication status Publié
Affiliations UCL - SSH/IPSY - Psychological Sciences Research Institute
UCL - SSS/IONS/COSY - Systems & cognitive Neuroscience
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Bibliographic reference Masson, Nicolas ; Pesenti, Mauro ; Dormal, Valérie. Impact of optokinetic stimulation on mental arithmetic. In: Psychological Research : an international journal of perception, attention, memory and action, Vol. 1, no.1, p. 1-10 (June 2016)
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