Automatic and intentional processing of numerical information.

Tzelgov, Joseph, Meyer, Joachim, Henik, Avishai·1992·Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
DOI 10.1037//0278-7393.18.1.166

Abstract

Ss evaluated numerical size or physical size of stimuli varying along both dimensions. Size congruity, distance, and semantic congruency effects were obtained for numerical comparisons of digit pairs and for comparisons of digits with an internal standard (5). Only the size congruity effect was obtained for physical judgments. It was smaller for pairs in which both stimuli were either both smaller or both larger than 5 than for pairs that contained the digit 5

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Tzelgov, J., Meyer, J., & Henik, A. (1992). Automatic and intentional processing of numerical information. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. https://doi.org/10.1037//0278-7393.18.1.166

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