| Autor: |
Xueying Ren, Melissa E. Libertus |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2024 |
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| Zdroj: |
Acta Psychologica, Vol 248, Iss , Pp 104374- (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
0001-6918 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104374 |
| Popis: |
Empirical evidence in support of a shared system for non-symbolic and symbolic number processing has been inconclusive. The current study aims to address this question in a novel way, specifically by testing whether the efficient coding principle based on co-occurrence of number symbols in natural language holds for both non-symbolic and symbolic number processing. The efficient coding principle postulates that perception is optimized when stimuli frequently co-occur in a natural environment. We hypothesized that both numerical ratios and co-occurrence frequencies of symbolic numbers would significantly influence participants' performance on a non-symbolic and symbolic number comparison task. To test this hypothesis, we employed latent semantic analysis on a TASA corpus to quantify number co-occurrence in natural language and calculate language similarity estimates. We engaged 73 native English speakers (mean age = 19.36, standard deviation = 1.83) with normal or corrected vision and no learning disorders in a number comparison task involving non-symbolic (dot arrays) and symbolic stimuli (Arabic numerals and English number words). Results showed that numerical ratios significantly predicted participants' performances across all number formats (ps |
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