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Rowena Beecham¹, Robert A Reeve, Sarah J Wilson

¹The Department of Psychology, School of Behavioural Science, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. rowena.beecham@gmail.com

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Spatial Cognition

Background:

Abstract concepts are often spatially represented in the brain.
It remains unclear if these spatial processes are consistent across different knowledge domains or individuals.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate similarities in spatial representation between the knowledge domains of mathematics and music.
To determine if individuals exhibit similar spatial profiles within and across these domains.

Main Methods:

Sixty-one adults completed analogous number magnitude and pitch discrimination tasks.
Tasks included the Spatial-Numerical Association of Response Codes (SNARC) and Spatial-Musical Association of Response Codes (SMARC) tasks.
Cluster analyses identified subgroups with distinct response patterns.

Main Results:

Approximately half of participants in both mathematical and musical tasks showed expected spatial judgment effects when focusing on spatial properties.
Performance on the number and pitch tasks was largely independent.
Individual spatial profiles were not consistent across the two domains.

Conclusions:

The study supports previous findings on the spatial representation of number and pitch.
Evidence suggests that distinct spatial representation processes underlie mathematical and musical judgments, rather than shared mechanisms.