Spatial associations in relational reasoning: Evidence for a SNARC-like effect

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1143-1150

  Prado, Jér̂ome ^a,b   Van Der Henst, Jean Baptiste ^a   Noveck, Ira A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Numerical cognition; Relational reasoning; SNARC; Transitive reasoning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 47249162471     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210801954777     Document Type: Article

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