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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Human Factors

Background:

  • Reaction time studies suggest decomposed processing of two-digit numbers.
  • Models of multi-digit number comparison include sequential and parallel digit processing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the mechanism of decomposed processing in two-digit number comparison using eye-fixation data.
  • To differentiate between sequential and parallel digit-by-digit comparison models.

Main Methods:

  • Participants performed a two-digit number magnitude comparison task.
  • Eye-fixation patterns were recorded during the comparison task.
  • Stimuli included within-decade and between-decade comparisons with varying digit distances.

Main Results:

  • The observed fixation patterns contradicted sequential digit-by-digit comparison.
  • Evidence supports a decomposed but parallel processing model for two-digit numbers.
  • Digit processing is influenced by both bottom-up and top-down factors.

Conclusions:

  • Two-digit number comparison is not sequential but decomposed and parallel.
  • Top-down influences play a role in multi-digit number processing.
  • Findings have implications for understanding numerical cognition beyond two-digit numbers.