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Automaticity of two-digit numbers.

Dana Ganor-Stern1, Joseph Tzelgov, Ravid Ellenbogen

  • 1Department of Behavioral SciencesAchva Academic College, Achva, Israel. danaga@bgu.ac.il

Journal of Experimental Psychology. Human Perception and Performance
|May 2, 2007
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Automatic processing of 2-digit numbers occurs, as shown by the size congruency effect (SiCE). This effect reveals that number components, not the whole number, are processed automatically.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Numerical Cognition

Background:

  • The size congruency effect (SiCE) is a phenomenon in cognitive psychology.
  • It reveals how irrelevant numerical information influences the processing of relevant physical dimensions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the automatic processing of 2-digit numbers using the SiCE.
  • To determine whether component digits or the whole number are processed automatically.

Main Methods:

  • The study employed the size congruency effect (SiCE) paradigm.
  • Participants compared 2-digit numbers based on physical size, with numerical value as an irrelevant dimension.

Main Results:

  • The SiCE demonstrated automatic processing of individual digit magnitudes (unit and decade) within 2-digit numbers.

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  • Processing was influenced by digit compatibility but not overall number magnitude.
  • Decade digits had a greater impact than unit digits, suggesting syntactic role representation.

    • Conclusions:

    • Automatic processing applies to the magnitudes of individual digits in 2-digit numbers, not the whole number representation.
    • The findings shed light on the nature of numerical representations in the brain.
    • Digit roles (decade vs. unit) are represented during automatic processing.