Development of spatial preferences for counting and picture naming
| Autor: | Gisa Aschersleben, Birgit Knudsen, Martin H. Fischer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Male Object (grammar) Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Semantics Choice Behavior Functional Laterality Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Orientation Developmental and Educational Psychology Humans Finger-counting Child Preference (economics) Problem Solving Cardinality (data modeling) Psychological research General Medicine Comprehension Pattern Recognition Visual Enculturation Child Preschool Female Social psychology Mathematics Cognitive psychology |
| Zdroj: | Psychological Research |
| ISSN: | 1430-2772 0340-0727 |
| Popis: | The direction of object enumeration reflects children's enculturation but previous work on the development of such spatial preferences has been inconsistent. Therefore, we documented directional preferences in finger counting, object counting, and picture naming for children (4 groups from 3 to 6 years, N = 104) and adults (N = 56). We found a right-side preference for finger counting in 3- to 6-year-olds and a left-side preference for counting objects and naming pictures by 6 years of age. Children were consistent in their special preferences when comparing object counting and picture naming, but not in other task pairings. Finally, spatial preferences were not related to cardinality comprehension. These results, together with other recent work, suggest a gradual development of spatial-numerical associations from early non-directional mappings into culturally constrained directional mappings. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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