Conceptual Integration of Arithmetic Operations with Real-World Knowledge: Evidence from Event-Related Potentials

Autor/inn/en	Guthormsen, Amy M.; Fisher, Kristie J.; Bassok, Miriam; Osterhout, Lee; DeWolf, Melissa; Holyoak, Keith J.
Titel	Conceptual Integration of Arithmetic Operations with Real-World Knowledge: Evidence from Event-Related Potentials
Quelle	In: Cognitive Science, 40 (2016) 3, S.723-757 (35 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0364-0213
DOI	10.1111/cogs.12238
Schlagwörter	Responses; Cognitive Processes; Brain; Cognitive Measurement; Arithmetic; Adults; Logical Thinking; Semantics; Problem Solving; Cognitive Mapping + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Gehirn; Addition; Arithmetik; Arithmetikunterricht; Rechnen; Semantik; Problemlösen
Abstract	Research on language processing has shown that the disruption of conceptual integration gives rise to specific patterns of event-related brain potentials (ERPs)--N400 and P600 effects. Here, we report similar ERP effects when adults performed cross-domain conceptual integration of analogous semantic and mathematical relations. In a problem-solving task, when participants generated labeled answers to semantically aligned and misaligned arithmetic problems (e.g., "6 roses + 2 'tulips' = ?" vs. "6 roses + 2 'vases' = ?"), the second object label in misaligned problems yielded an N400 effect for addition (but not division) problems. In a verification task, when participants judged arithmetically correct but semantically misaligned problem sentences to be "unacceptable," the second object label in misaligned sentences elicited a P600 effect. Thus, depending on task constraints, misaligned problems can show either of two ERP signatures of conceptual disruption. These results show that well-educated adults can integrate mathematical and semantic relations on the rapid timescale of within-domain ERP effects by a process akin to analogical mapping. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Wiley-Blackwell. 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148. Tel: 800-835-6770; Tel: 781-388-8598; Fax: 781-388-8232; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01