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The influence of number magnitude on continuous swiping movements.

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Fischer, U.
Huber, S.
Fischer, M. H.
Moeller, K.

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Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien

Abstract / Description

There is accumulating evidence that numerical information influences the way in which we perform bodily movements. Specifically, the idea that our cognitive representations of numbers and space interact is supported by systematic associations of space with both number magnitude (SNARC effect) and number parity (MARC effect). However, whether this influence is bound to the left or right side of space or to the hand with which we perform the movement remains debated. One novel and interesting way to disentangle these factors is to use movement responses in which hand and movement direction can be dissociated. In the present study, participants moved a central object to the left or right side on a touchscreen with their index fingers as response to a parity judgment and magnitude classification task. We observed significant SNARC effects in both tasks. Number magnitude and response direction interacted, but magnitude and response hand did not. This indicated that the SNARC effect can be independent of the responding hand. Importantly, however, a MARC effect was observed not only in an interaction between response direction and parity, but also in an interaction between response hand and parity, suggesting that response hand plays a role in the interaction between physical space and parity. Additionally, number magnitude influenced the amplitude of participants’ response movements, with larger numbers eliciting longer movements. These results indicate that space, magnitude and parity interact on different levels that can be unraveled in a paradigm utilizing continuous movements such as swiping.

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Date of first publication

2018

Journal title

Journal of Numerical Cognition

Volume

4

Issue

2

Page numbers

297–316

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PsychOpen GOLD

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publishedVersion

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peerReviewed

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Fischer, U., Huber, S., Fischer, M. H., & Moeller, K. (2018). The influence of number magnitude on continuous swiping movements. Leibniz Institut Für Psychologische Information Und Dokumentation (ZPID). https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2552
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Fischer, U.
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Huber, S.
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Fischer, M. H.
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Moeller, K.
  • Other kind(s) of contributor
    Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien
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    2019-08-16T12:49:08Z
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    2019-08-16T12:49:08Z
  • Date of first publication
    2018
  • Abstract / Description
    There is accumulating evidence that numerical information influences the way in which we perform bodily movements. Specifically, the idea that our cognitive representations of numbers and space interact is supported by systematic associations of space with both number magnitude (SNARC effect) and number parity (MARC effect). However, whether this influence is bound to the left or right side of space or to the hand with which we perform the movement remains debated. One novel and interesting way to disentangle these factors is to use movement responses in which hand and movement direction can be dissociated. In the present study, participants moved a central object to the left or right side on a touchscreen with their index fingers as response to a parity judgment and magnitude classification task. We observed significant SNARC effects in both tasks. Number magnitude and response direction interacted, but magnitude and response hand did not. This indicated that the SNARC effect can be independent of the responding hand. Importantly, however, a MARC effect was observed not only in an interaction between response direction and parity, but also in an interaction between response hand and parity, suggesting that response hand plays a role in the interaction between physical space and parity. Additionally, number magnitude influenced the amplitude of participants’ response movements, with larger numbers eliciting longer movements. These results indicate that space, magnitude and parity interact on different levels that can be unraveled in a paradigm utilizing continuous movements such as swiping.
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  • Publication status
    publishedVersion
  • Review status
    peerReviewed
  • Citation
    Fischer, U., Huber, S., Fischer, M. H., & Moeller, K. (2018). The influence of number magnitude on continuous swiping movements. Leibniz Institut Für Psychologische Information Und Dokumentation (ZPID). https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2552
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/2176
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2552
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychOpen GOLD
  • Is version of
    https://doi.org/10.5964/jnc.v4i2.135
  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    The influence of number magnitude on continuous swiping movements.
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    article
  • Leibniz institute name(s) / abbreviation(s)
    IWM
  • Leibniz subject classification
    Psychologie
  • Issue
    2
  • Journal title
    Journal of Numerical Cognition
  • Page numbers
    297–316
  • Volume
    4
  • zpid.relation.hasequivalent
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1490
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