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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Visual Perception

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  • Number perception is influenced by physical size.
  • Previous studies confounded height and width in size-congruency experiments.
  • The distinct roles of height and width in number perception remain unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if digits with equal size but differing height and width elicit a congruency effect.
  • To determine whether height or width is more prominently associated with numerical quantity.
  • To clarify the relationship between number processing and spatial perception.

Main Methods:

  • Two experiments were conducted using equal-size digits that varied in height and width.
  • Participants judged which of two presented digits was numerically larger.
  • The study analyzed congruency effects based on digit dimensions.

Main Results:

  • A novel congruency effect was observed.
  • Larger numbers were found to be more prominently associated with the height dimension than the width dimension.
  • This suggests a differential spatial mapping of numerical magnitude.

Conclusions:

  • Height plays a more significant role than width in the spatial association of numerical quantity.
  • Findings have implications for understanding the interplay between number cognition and spatial perception.
  • This research clarifies the dimensional contribution to the size-congruency effect in number perception.