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| Research article summary (published 30 Mar 2003): |
Semantic processing of Arabic, Kanji, and Kana numbers: evidence from interference in physical and numerical size judgments.
Full Abstract
Two experiments were conducted with the following objectives (1) to replicate the finding of similar semantic representation of Arabic and written-word (Kanji and Kana) numbers with a direct numerical task, (2) to investigate the automatic semantic processing of Arabic and written-word numbers, and (3) to verify whether the assumption of a common semantic representation is valid in an indirect numerical task. Subjects were asked to judge which of two numbers (e.g, 6-8) was larger either in its numerical size (Experiment 1) or in its physical size (Experiment 2) using the three notations. Effects of two factors were analyzed:
the congruity between numerical and physical size and the numerical distance. The effects of these factors were very similar across the three notations in Experiment 1, but were drastically different in Experiment 2. The results of Experiment 2 demonstrated the nonsemantic processing of Kana numbers, and suggest that there may be separate semantic representations for Arabic and Kanji numbers.
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Author/s: Ito, Yasuhiro (Y); Hatta, Takeshi (T);
Affiliation: Department of Psychology, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan. s010303d@mbox.media.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article
Journal: Memory & cognition (Mem Cognit), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2003-Apr; vol 31 (issue 3) : pp 360-8
Dates: Created 2003/06/10; Completed 2003/07/08; Revised 2006/11/15;
PMID: 12795478, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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