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Simple arithmetic processing: surface form effects in a priming task.

Natalie Jackson1, Jeffrey Coney

  • 1School of Psychology, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150, Australia. N.Jackson@Murdoch.edu.au

Acta Psychologica
|July 18, 2006
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This study investigated numerical processing, finding that Arabic digits and number words use separate pathways. This supports distinct cognitive routes for processing mathematical problems presented in different formats.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Mathematics Education

Background:

  • Numerical processing models debate common vs. separate pathways for different surface forms.
  • Understanding how surface form (digits vs. words) affects arithmetic is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate surface form effects in simple addition and multiplication.
  • To determine if Arabic digits and number words engage distinct processing pathways.

Main Methods:

  • Employed a priming procedure with a target naming task.
  • Presented participants with congruent, incongruent, and neutral prime-target relationships.
  • Used Arabic digits and number words for addition and multiplication problems.

Main Results:

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  • Facilitatory priming effects for congruent digit stimuli at 300ms and 1000ms.
  • Inhibitory effects for incongruent word stimuli at 300ms and 1000ms (addition).
  • Digit priming effects were significantly greater than word priming effects.

Conclusions:

  • Results support separate pathway accounts for processing arithmetic problems in different surface forms.
  • Processing variations may stem from differential access to visual and phonological representations.