Spatial Processes in Linear Ordering

Autor/inn/en	von Hecker, Ulrich; Klauer, Karl Christoph; Wolf, Lukas; Fazilat-Pour, Masoud
Titel	Spatial Processes in Linear Ordering
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 42 (2016) 7, S.1003-1033 (31 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0278-7393
DOI	10.1037/xlm0000220
Schlagwörter	Memory; Short Term Memory; Spatial Ability; Visual Perception; Stimuli; Models; Experiments; Lateral Dominance; Brain; Simulation; Comparative Analysis; Interviews; Undergraduate Students; Foreign Countries; Accuracy; Reaction Time; Hierarchical Linear Modeling; Reading Writing Relationship; Reading Habits; Germany; Iran; United Kingdom (Wales) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gedächtnis; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Visuelle Wahrnehmung; Anreizsystem; Analogiemodell; Erprobung; Hemisphärendominanz; Gehirn; Simulation program; Simulationsprogramm; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Ausland; Reaktionsvermögen; Reading habit; Lesegewohnheit; Deutschland
Abstract	Memory performance in linear order reasoning tasks (A > B, B > C, C > D, etc.) shows quicker, and more accurate responses to queries on wider (AD) than narrower (AB) pairs on a hypothetical linear mental model (A -- B -- C -- D). While indicative of an analogue representation, research so far did not provide positive evidence for spatial processes in the construction of such models. In a series of 7 experiments we report such evidence. Participants respond quicker when the dominant element in a pair is presented on the left (or top) rather than on the right (or bottom). The left-anchoring tendency reverses in a sample with Farsi background (reading/writing from right to left). Alternative explanations and confounds are tested. A theoretical model is proposed that integrates basic assumptions about acquired reading/writing habits as a scaffold for spatial simulation, and primacy/dominance representation within such spatial simulations. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01