Professional mathematicians differ from controls in their spatial-numerical associations

2016
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dc.abstract.enWhile mathematically impaired individuals have been shown to have deficits in all kinds of basic numerical representations, among them spatial-numerical associations, little is known about individuals with exceptionally high math expertise. They might have a more abstract magnitude representation or more flexible spatial associations, so that no automatic left/small and right/large spatial-numerical association is elicited. To pursue this question, we examined the Spatial Numerical Association of Response Codes (SNARC) effect in professional mathematicians which was compared to two control groups: Professionals who use advanced math in their work but are not mathematicians (mostly engineers), and matched controls. Contrarily to both control groups, Mathematicians did not reveal a SNARC effect. The group differences could not be accounted for by differences in mean response speed, response variance or intelligence or a general tendency not to show spatial-numerical associations. We propose that professional mathematicians possess more abstract and/or spatially very flexible numerical representations and therefore do not exhibit or do have a largely reduced default left-to-right spatial-numerical orientation as indexed by the SNARC effect, but we also discuss other possible accounts. We argue that this comparison with professional mathematicians also tells us about the nature of spatial-numerical associations in persons with much less mathematical expertise or knowledge.pl
dc.affiliationWydział Filozoficzny : Instytut Psychologiipl
dc.affiliationWydział Prawa i Administracji : Katedra Filozofii Prawa i Etyki Prawniczejpl
dc.contributor.authorCipora, Krzysztof - 106794 pl
dc.contributor.authorHohol, Mateusz - 152583 pl
dc.contributor.authorNuerk, Hans-Christophpl
dc.contributor.authorWillmes, Klauspl
dc.contributor.authorBrożek, Bartosz - 127433 pl
dc.contributor.authorKucharzyk, Bartłomiej - 104890 pl
dc.contributor.authorNęcka, Edward - 130920 pl
dc.date.accession2016-06-02pl
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dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00426-015-0677-6pl
dc.identifier.eissn1430-2772pl
dc.identifier.issn0340-0727pl
dc.identifier.urihttp://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/27336
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dc.titleProfessional mathematicians differ from controls in their spatial-numerical associationspl
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dc.abstract.enpl
While mathematically impaired individuals have been shown to have deficits in all kinds of basic numerical representations, among them spatial-numerical associations, little is known about individuals with exceptionally high math expertise. They might have a more abstract magnitude representation or more flexible spatial associations, so that no automatic left/small and right/large spatial-numerical association is elicited. To pursue this question, we examined the Spatial Numerical Association of Response Codes (SNARC) effect in professional mathematicians which was compared to two control groups: Professionals who use advanced math in their work but are not mathematicians (mostly engineers), and matched controls. Contrarily to both control groups, Mathematicians did not reveal a SNARC effect. The group differences could not be accounted for by differences in mean response speed, response variance or intelligence or a general tendency not to show spatial-numerical associations. We propose that professional mathematicians possess more abstract and/or spatially very flexible numerical representations and therefore do not exhibit or do have a largely reduced default left-to-right spatial-numerical orientation as indexed by the SNARC effect, but we also discuss other possible accounts. We argue that this comparison with professional mathematicians also tells us about the nature of spatial-numerical associations in persons with much less mathematical expertise or knowledge.
dc.affiliationpl
Wydział Filozoficzny : Instytut Psychologii
dc.affiliationpl
Wydział Prawa i Administracji : Katedra Filozofii Prawa i Etyki Prawniczej
dc.contributor.authorpl
Cipora, Krzysztof - 106794
dc.contributor.authorpl
Hohol, Mateusz - 152583
dc.contributor.authorpl
Nuerk, Hans-Christoph
dc.contributor.authorpl
Willmes, Klaus
dc.contributor.authorpl
Brożek, Bartosz - 127433
dc.contributor.authorpl
Kucharzyk, Bartłomiej - 104890
dc.contributor.authorpl
Nęcka, Edward - 130920
dc.date.accessionpl
2016-06-02
dc.date.accessioned
2016-06-02T07:10:44Z
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2016-06-02T07:10:44Z
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2016
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80
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10.1007/s00426-015-0677-6
dc.identifier.eissnpl
1430-2772
dc.identifier.issnpl
0340-0727
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http://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/27336
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http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00426-015-0677-6/fulltext.html
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eng
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Professional mathematicians differ from controls in their spatial-numerical associations
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