Toward a Model Framework of Generalized Parallel Componential Processing of Multi-Symbol Numbers.

In this article, we propose and evaluate a new model framework of parallel componential multi-symbol number processing, generalizing the idea of parallel componential processing of multi-digit numbers to the case of negative numbers by considering the polarity signs similar to single digits. In a fi...

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Publicado en:Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory & Cognition Vol. 41; no. 3; pp. 732 - 746
Autores principales: Huber, Stefan, Moeller, Korbinian, Cornelsen, Sonja, Nuerk, Hans-Christoph
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Publicado: American Psychological Association May2015
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          Huber, Stefan
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          Knowledge Media Research Center, Tübingen, Germany, and University of Tübingen
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          University of Tübingen and Knowledge Media Research Center, Tübingen, Germany
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        Signs & symbols
        Componential analysis (Linguistics)
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        Parallel processing
        Computational linguistics
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          Componential analysis (Linguistics)
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          Parallel processing
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        eye tracking
        negative numbers
        numerical cognition
        parallel processing
        sign-decade compatibility
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      ab: In this article, we propose and evaluate a new model framework of parallel componential multi-symbol number processing, generalizing the idea of parallel componential processing of multi-digit numbers to the case of negative numbers by considering the polarity signs similar to single digits. In a first step, we evaluated this account by defining and investigating a sign-decade compatibility effect for the comparison of positive and negative numbers, which extends the unit-decade compatibility effect in 2-digit number processing. Then, we evaluated whether the model is capable of accounting for previous findings in negative number processing. In a magnitude comparison task, in which participants had to single out the larger of 2 integers, we observed a reliable sign-decade compatibility effect with prolonged reaction times for incompatible (e.g., --97 vs. +53; in which the number with the larger decade digit has the smaller, i.e., negative polarity sign) as compared with sign-decade compatible number pairs (e.g., --53 vs. +97). Moreover, an analysis of participants' eye fixation behavior corroborated our model of parallel componential processing of multi-symbol numbers. These results are discussed in light of concurrent theoretical notions about negative number processing. On the basis of the present results, we propose a generalized integrated model framework of parallel componential multi-symbol processing.
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