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Cognitive Science
Psychology
Neuroscience

Background:

Number representation is often linked to spatial cognition.
Existing research frequently uses number-line tasks to study numerical estimation.
The fundamental cognitive basis of number representation remains debated.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate whether number representation is fundamentally spatial.
To disentangle number representation from traditional number-line reporting methods.
To explore nonspatial methods for assessing numerical estimation.

Main Methods:

Compared numerical estimations using line-reporting versus three nonspatial methods (squeezing, bell-striking, vocalizing).
Analyzed mappings between numerical stimuli and reporting methods in educated participants.
Examined the influence of culturally mediated elements on number representation.

Main Results:

Nonspatial reporting methods replicated findings from traditional number-line tasks.
Nonspatial reporting consistently yielded logarithmic mappings for nonsymbolic stimuli, aligning with the Weber-Fechner law.
Linear mappings were observed exclusively in conditions involving culturally mediated elements, such as words.

Conclusions:

Number representation is not fundamentally spatial but relies on a deeper magnitude sense.
This magnitude sense can manifest both spatially and nonspatially.
Number-to-space mappings are likely culturally enhanced rather than directly rooted in brain evolution.