Repetition and the SNARC effect with one-and two-digit numbers

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 84-97

  Tan, Shawn ^a   Dixon, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Repetition effect; SNARC effect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HAND; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RIGHTING REFLEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

DECISION MAKING; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LINEAR MODELS; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, RIGHTING; SPACE PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 80053401685     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022368     Document Type: Article

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