von Hecker, Ulrich ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8873-0515, Klauer, Karl Christoph, Wolf, Lukas and Fazilat-Pour, Masoud 2016. Spatial processes in linear ordering. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition 42 (7) , pp. 1003-1033. 10.1037/xlm0000220 |
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Abstract
Memory performance in linear order reasoning tasks (A > B, B > C, C > D, etc.) shows quicker, and more accurate responses to queries on wider (AD) than narrower (AB) pairs on a hypothetical linear mental model (A – B – C – D). While indicative of an analogue representation, research so far did not provide positive evidence for spatial processes in the construction of such models. In a series of 7 experiments we report such evidence. Participants respond quicker when the dominant element in a pair is presented on the left (or top) rather than on the right (or bottom). The left-anchoring tendency reverses in a sample with Farsi background (reading/writing from right to left). Alternative explanations and confounds are tested. A theoretical model is proposed that integrates basic assumptions about acquired reading/writing habits as a scaffold for spatial simulation, and primacy/dominance representation within such spatial simulations.
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Psychology |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
Publisher: | American Psychological Association |
ISSN: | 0278-7393 |
Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 7 April 2016 |
Date of Acceptance: | 12 October 2015 |
Last Modified: | 07 Nov 2023 03:25 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/85173 |
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