Reading habits for both words and numbers contribute to the SNARC effect

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 328-331

  Shaki, Samuel ^a   Fischer, Martin H ^b   Petrusic, William M ^c  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CANADA; FEMALE; HABIT; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; ORIENTATION; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ARABS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HABITS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MATHEMATICS; ONTARIO; ORIENTATION; REACTION TIME; READING; REVERSAL LEARNING; SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66849101736     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.16.2.328     Document Type: Article

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