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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

  • Numerical and spatial processing are fundamental cognitive functions.
  • Reading direction is hypothesized to influence spatial biases in cognition.
  • Existing research suggests a link between reading direction and numerical cognition, but mechanisms remain debated.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the influence of reading direction on numerical-spatial associations.
  • To compare spatial-numerical effects in parity judgments and cognitive arithmetic tasks.
  • To determine if spatial biases in number processing are consistent across different tasks and reading directions.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual replication of established parity and arithmetic tasks.
  • Testing of 24 left-to-right (LTR) and 24 right-to-left (RTL) readers.
  • Analysis of response times (RT) for number parity judgments and simple arithmetic operations (addition/subtraction) with varied operand presentation.

Main Results:

  • A robust spatial-numerical association of response codes (SNARC) effect was observed in LTR readers for the parity task, but not in RTL readers.
  • RTL readers showed a RT advantage for subtraction over addition when the second operand was right-shifted, unlike LTR readers.
  • Task-specific spatial effects were not consistently mirrored across the parity and arithmetic tasks for either reading group.

Conclusions:

  • Parity-based SNARC effects and side-related effects in cognitive arithmetic reflect distinct mechanisms.
  • Spatial biases in number processing are influenced by native reading direction.
  • The study highlights the importance of considering reading direction in understanding numerical-spatial interactions.