超越数值量:在单位数字比较中研究了次基五效应.
Samuel Lepoittevin1, Laurie Geers1, Michael Andres1
1Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium; Institute of Neuroscience, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
Cognition
|July 9, 2025
概括
数量比较中的子基五效应,以前与体内认知和指数计数有关,似乎是一个人工制造. 新的分析显示,数值大小,而不是这种效应,主要驱动比较时间.
科学领域:
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 数字认知 数字认知
- 嵌入式认知 嵌入式认知
背景情况:
- 之前的研究表明,在符号数字比较中存在"子基数五"效应,这表明,对于大于五的数字,响应时间有明显的飞跃.
- 这种效应被解释为体现认知的证据,特别是与指数计数实践相关的证据,使用两只手数>5和一只手数 ≤5.5.
研究的目的:
- 在符号数字比较中重新评估子基五效应的存在和解释.
- 要将数值大小的连续效应与拟议的分类子基五效应分开.
- 调查数字比较任务中响应时间变化的替代解释.
主要方法:
- 采用了新的分析技术,将数值大小的持续影响与数字比较中的分类效应脱.
- 在比较阿拉伯数字时分析了响应时间.
- 使用统计建模来控制数值大小并识别分类影响.
主要成果:
- 在符号数字比较中,响应时间主要由数字大小决定,数字对涉及数字>5与≤5.5之间的数字对之间没有显著的分类增加.
- 之前报道的亚基5效应很可能是先前用于控制数值大小的建模方法的工件.
- 当比较数字5和7时,观察到明显的响应时间增加,这不仅仅是由数值大小解释的.
结论:
- 这些发现挑战了将次基五效应解释为指数计数所产生的体现认知的标志物的解释.
- 数字比较中的亚基五效应似乎是一个人工制造,而不是体现认知过程的反映.
- 一个突出突出第五和第七个素数在象征数字比较中的特殊地位的新奇效应需要进一步研究.
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