Orienting numbers in mental space: Horizontal organization trumps vertical

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1044-1051

  Holmes, Kevin J ^a   Lourenco, Stella F ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental number line; Number; Spatial organization; Spatial numerical association of response codes (SNARC)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORIENTATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84863441200     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2012.685079     Document Type: Article

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