Reading habits for both words and numbers contribute to the SNARC effect Export

@article{citeulike:4463308, abstract = {10.3758/PBR.16.2.328 This study compared the spatial representation of numbers in three groups of adults: Canadians, who read both English words and Arabic numbers from left to right; Palestinians, who read Arabic words and Arabic-Indic numbers from right to left; and Israelis, who read Hebrew words from right to left but Arabic numbers from left to right. Canadians associated small numbers with left and large numbers with right space (the SNARC effect), Palestinians showed the reverse association, and Israelis had no reliable spatial association for numbers. These results suggest that reading habits for both words and numbers contribute to the spatial representation of numbers.}, author = {Shaki, Samuel and Fischer, Martin H. and Petrusic, William M.}, citeulike-article-id = {4463308}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/PBR.16.2.328}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://pbr.psychonomic-journals.org/content/16/2/328.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://pbr.psychonomic-journals.org/content/16/2/328.full.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19293102}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19293102}, doi = {10.3758/PBR.16.2.328}, journal = {Psychonomic Bulletin \& Review}, keywords = {arithmetic, asymmetry, number, rt}, month = {April}, number = {2}, pages = {328--331}, posted-at = {2009-05-05 09:07:16}, priority = {2}, title = {Reading habits for both words and numbers contribute to the SNARC effect}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/PBR.16.2.328}, volume = {16}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4463308 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4463308 N2 - 10.3758/PBR.16.2.328 This study compared the spatial representation of numbers in three groups of adults: Canadians, who read both English words and Arabic numbers from left to right; Palestinians, who read Arabic words and Arabic-Indic numbers from right to left; and Israelis, who read Hebrew words from right to left but Arabic numbers from left to right. Canadians associated small numbers with left and large numbers with right space (the SNARC effect), Palestinians showed the reverse association, and Israelis had no reliable spatial association for numbers. These results suggest that reading habits for both words and numbers contribute to the spatial representation of numbers. IS - 2 JF - Psychonomic Bulletin & Review EP - 331 TI - Reading habits for both words and numbers contribute to the SNARC effect VL - 16 SP - 328 KW - arithmetic KW - asymmetry KW - number KW - rt AU - Shaki, Samuel AU - Fischer, Martin AU - Petrusic, William PY - 2009/04// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/PBR.16.2.328 ER -