Multiple spatial mappings in numerical cognition

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 804-809

  Shaki, Samuel ^a   Fischer, Martin H ^b  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mental number line; Numerical cognition; Reading habits; Right to left reading; SNARC; Spatial mapping; Spatial Numerical Association of Response Codes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867374226     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027562     Document Type: Article

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