The mental representation of ordinal sequences is spatially organized
The mental representation of ordinal sequences is spatially organized
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DOI：
10.1016/s0010-0277(02)00234-2
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发表时间：
2003-04-01
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影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
Fias, W
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作者：
Gevers, W;Reynvoet, B;Fias, W
在数域中，在数值大小的表示中空间分量的存在已经通过数值大小和响应偏好之间的关联令人信服地证明，对于小数字，左手响应快于右手响应，而对于大数字，右手响应快于左手响应（Dehaene，S.，Bossini，S.，Giraux，P.（1993）奇偶性和数量大小的心理表征。Journal of Experimental Psychology：General，122，371-396）。因为数字不仅传达真实的或整数的含义，而且传达序数的含义，所以非数字序数信息是否被空间编码的问题自然随之而来。虽然以前的研究未能显示顺序位置和空间反应偏好之间的关联，我们提出了两个实验，涉及月份（实验1）和字母（实验2），在空间编码证明。此外，反应-副作用得到了两个不同的刺激-反应映射。关联发生时，顺序信息是相关的，当它是无关的任务，表明空间组件的顺序表示可以自动激活。(C)2003 Elsevier Science B. V.保留所有权利。
In the domain of numbers the existence of spatial components in the representation of numerical magnitude has been convincingly demonstrated by an association between number magnitude and response preference with faster left- than right-hand responses for small numbers and faster right-than left-hand responses for large numbers (Dehaene, S., Bossini, S., & Giraux, P. (1993) The mental representation of parity and number magnitude., Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 122, 371-396). Because numbers convey not only real or integer meaning but also ordinal meaning, the question of whether non-numerical ordinal information is spatially coded naturally follows. While previous research failed to show an association between ordinal position and spatial response preference, we present two experiments involving months (Experiment 1) and letters (Experiment 2) in which spatial coding is demonstrated. Furthermore, the response-side effect was obtained with two different stimulus-response mappings. The association occurred both when ordinal information was relevant and when it was irrelevant to the task, showing that the spatial component of the ordinal representation can be automatically activated. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.