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Amparo Herrera¹, Pedro Macizo

¹Departamento de Psicología Básica y Metodología, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain. aherrera@um.es

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology (2006)

|October 12, 2010

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Arabic digits, like number words, may be named via an asemantic route, bypassing meaning. This study found naming facilitation for both digits and number words in blocked conditions, suggesting a direct phonological access.

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Psychology
Neuroscience
Linguistics

Background:

Word numerals are processed like other words, accessible without semantic mediation.
The processing route for Arabic digits remains debated, with potential links to magnitude representation and possible asemantic phonological access.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate whether Arabic digits can be named via an asemantic route, similar to word numerals.
To explore the cognitive mechanisms underlying the naming of numerical notations using a semantic blocking paradigm.

Main Methods:

Experiment 1: Participants named digits/pictures and numeral words/object names in blocked and mixed semantic contexts.
Experiment 2: Participants named two-digit numbers in blocked (short numerical distance) and mixed (large numerical distance) conditions.

Main Results:

Both experiments demonstrated facilitation in the blocked conditions compared to the mixed conditions for numerical notation.
This facilitation pattern was observed for both Arabic digits and word numerals, suggesting a shared processing characteristic.

Conclusions:

The findings indicate that Arabic digits, similar to number words, can be named through an asemantic route.
This suggests a direct pathway from visual digit recognition to phonological representation, bypassing semantic processing.