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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Memory Research

Background:

  • The Spatial-Numerical Association of Response Codes (SNARC) effect describes how numbers are mentally mapped to space.
  • A related Spatial-Positional Association of Response Codes (SPoARC) effect was previously observed for visually presented items, suggesting a left-to-right spatial dimension for memory.
  • The role of visual presentation in the SPoARC effect required further investigation to generalize findings.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if the SPoARC effect extends to auditory presentations.
  • To explore the role of spatial coding in immediate memory for ordered information.
  • To examine the relationship between the SPoARC and SNARC effects.

Main Methods:

  • An auditory version of Sternberg's paradigm was adapted.
  • Participants were presented with lists of five consonants auditorily at a rate of 3 seconds per item.
  • Response patterns were analyzed to detect spatial-positional associations.

Main Results:

  • A significant SPoARC effect was observed for auditorily presented item lists.
  • This indicates that spatial coding is not solely dependent on visual presentation.
  • The findings suggest that auditory item order can be spatially represented.

Conclusions:

  • The SPoARC effect can be generalized to auditory stimuli, supporting its role beyond visual perception.
  • Immediate memory may utilize spatialization to code the order of information.
  • The study highlights potential similarities between spatial-positional and spatial-numerical associations in cognition.