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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Mathematics Education

Background:

  • A known link exists between finger use and numerical cognition, potentially originating from childhood counting strategies.
  • Research suggests finger-based strategies may activate alongside other numerical representations, influencing numerical tasks like single-digit arithmetic.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if the influence of finger-based representations extends to multi-digit arithmetic.
  • To examine the association between recognizing canonical and non-canonical finger patterns and adult multi-digit arithmetic performance.

Main Methods:

  • Adult participants' ability to recognize canonical and non-canonical finger patterns was assessed.
  • The association between finger pattern recognition and performance across four multi-digit arithmetic operations was statistically analyzed.

Main Results:

  • Canonical finger patterns showed a significant association only with addition.
  • Non-canonical finger patterns demonstrated a significant association with all four arithmetic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division).

Conclusions:

  • Findings suggest a functional link between finger-based representations and arithmetic performance, particularly for non-canonical patterns.
  • The results imply that the abstract nature of non-canonical finger patterns may necessitate magnitude construction, strengthening their connection to mental arithmetic.