Development of spatial preferences for counting and picture naming
Development of spatial preferences for counting and picture naming
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DOI：
10.1007/s00426-014-0623-z
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发表时间：
2015-11-01
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Aschersleben, Gisa
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作者：
Knudsen, Birgit;Fischer, Martin H.;Aschersleben, Gisa
物体计数的方向反映了儿童的文化适应，但以前关于这种空间偏好发展的工作一直不一致。因此，我们记录了儿童(4组，3-6岁，N=104)和成人(N=56)在手指计数、物体计数和图片命名方面的定向偏好。我们发现，在3到6岁的儿童中，右手边更喜欢数手指，而在6岁时，左手边更喜欢数物体和给图片命名。儿童在比较物体计数和图片命名时的特殊偏好是一致的，但在其他任务配对上不一致。最后，空间偏好与基数理解无关。这些结果与最近的其他工作一起，表明空间-数字关联从早期的非定向映射逐渐发展到受文化限制的定向映射。
The direction of object enumeration reflects children's enculturation but previous work on the development of such spatial preferences has been inconsistent. Therefore, we documented directional preferences in finger counting, object counting, and picture naming for children (4 groups from 3 to 6 years, N = 104) and adults (N = 56). We found a right-side preference for finger counting in 3- to 6-year-olds and a left-side preference for counting objects and naming pictures by 6 years of age. Children were consistent in their special preferences when comparing object counting and picture naming, but not in other task pairings. Finally, spatial preferences were not related to cardinality comprehension. These results, together with other recent work, suggest a gradual development of spatial-numerical associations from early non-directional mappings into culturally constrained directional mappings.