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Numerical comparison of two-digit numbers: how differences at encoding can involve differences in processing

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Castronovo, Julie Crollen, Virginie [UCL]

The study of two-digit numbers processing has recently gathered a growing interest. Here, we examine whether differences at encoding of two-digit oral verbal numerals induce differences in the type of processing involved. Twenty-four participants were submitted to a comparison task to 55. Differences at encoding were introduced by the use of dichotic listening and synchronous (synchronous condition) or asynchronous presentation (tens-first and units-first conditions) of the two-digit numerals’ components. Our results showed that differences at the encoding stage of two-digit numerals involve: (1) different comparison processes (tens-first and units-first conditions: parallel comparison; synchronous condition: parallel and holistic comparison); and (2) differences in the weight of the tens- and units-effects. Therefore, attentional mechanisms determining at the encoding stage how much attention is paid to the two-digit numerals’ components might account for the different types of processing found with two-digit numbers.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article)
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 2011
Language Anglais
Journal information "Journal of Cognitive Psychology" - Vol. 23, no.1, p. 8-17
Peer reviewed yes
Publication status Publié
Affiliations UCL - SSH/IACS - Institute of Analysis of Change in Contemporary and Historical Societies
UCL - SSS/IONS - Institute of NeuroScience
UCL - SSS/IONS/COSY - Systems & cognitive Neuroscience
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Bibliographic reference Castronovo, Julie ; Crollen, Virginie. Numerical comparison of two-digit numbers: how differences at encoding can involve differences in processing. In: Journal of Cognitive Psychology, Vol. 23, no.1, p. 8-17
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/200027