Montefinese, M;
Semenza, C;
(2018)
Number line estimation and complex mental calculation: Is there a shared cognitive process driving the two tasks?
Cognitive Processing
, 19
(4)
pp. 495-504.
10.1007/s10339-018-0867-4.
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Abstract
It is widely accepted that different number-related tasks, including solving simple addition and subtraction, may induce attentional shifts on the so-called mental number line, which represents larger numbers on the right and smaller numbers on the left. Recently, it has been shown that different number-related tasks also employ spatial attention shifts along with general cognitive processes. Here we investigated for the first time whether number line estimation and complex mental arithmetic recruit a common mechanism in healthy adults. Participants’ performance in two-digit mental additions and subtractions using visual stimuli was compared with their performance in a mental bisection task using auditory numerical intervals. Results showed significant correlations between participants’ performance in number line bisection and that in two-digit mental arithmetic operations, especially in additions, providing a first proof of a shared cognitive mechanism (or multiple shared cognitive mechanisms) between auditory number bisection and complex mental calculation.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Number line estimation and complex mental calculation: Is there a shared cognitive process driving the two tasks? |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10339-018-0867-4 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10339-018-0867-4 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Two-digit mental operations, Number bisection task, Mental number line, Verbal working memory |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10048769 |
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