Automatic quantity processing in 5-year olds and adults.

Journal article

In this study adults performed numerical and physical size judgments on a symbolic (Arabic numerals) and non-symbolic (groups of dots) size congruity task. The outcomes would reveal whether a size congruity effect (SCE) can be obtained irrespective of notation. Subsequently, 5-year-old children performed a physical size judgment on both tasks. The outcomes will give a better insight in the ability of 5-year-olds to automatically process symbolic and non-symbolic numerosities. Adult performanc...

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Authors: Gebuis, T; Cohen Kadosh, R; de Haan, E; Henik, A

• Journal: Cognitive processing
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 133-142
• Publication date: 2009-05-01
• DOI: 10.1007/s10339-008-0219-x
• EISSN: 1612-4790
• ISSN: 1612-4782
• Language: English
• Keywords: Analysis of Variance; Functional Laterality; Neuropsychological Tests; Mathematics; Photic Stimulation; Concept Formation; Reaction Time; Child, Preschool; Pattern Recognition, Visual; Aging; Young Adult; Female; Humans; Male