Your browser doesn't support javascript.
loading
Twenty-four or four-and-twenty: Language modulates cross-modal matching for multidigit numbers in children and adults.
Steiner, Anna F; Banfi, Chiara; Finke, Sabrina; Kemény, Ferenc; Clayton, Francina J; Göbel, Silke M; Landerl, Karin.
Afiliación
  • Steiner AF; Institute of Psychology, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria. Electronic address: a.steiner@uni-graz.at.
  • Banfi C; Institute of Psychology, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria.
  • Finke S; Institute of Psychology, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria.
  • Kemény F; Institute of Psychology, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria.
  • Clayton FJ; Department of Psychology, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK.
  • Göbel SM; Department of Psychology, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK; Department of Special Needs Education, University of Oslo, 0316 Oslo, Norway.
  • Landerl K; Institute of Psychology, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria; Department of Cognitive Science, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales 2109, Australia.
J Exp Child Psychol ; 202: 104970, 2021 02.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33096369
ABSTRACT
Does number-word structure have a long-lasting impact on transcoding? Contrary to English, German number words comprise decade-unit inversion (e.g., vierundzwanzig is literally translated as four-and-twenty). To investigate the mental representation of numbers, we tested the effect of visual and linguistic-morphological characteristics on the development of verbal-visual transcoding. In a longitudinal cross-linguistic design, response times (RTs) in a number-matching experiment were analyzed in Grade 2 (119 German-speaking and 179 English-speaking children) and in Grade 3 (131 German-speaking and 160 English-speaking children). To test for long-term effects, the same experiment was given to 38 German-speaking and 42 English-speaking adults. Participants needed to decide whether a spoken number matched a subsequent visual Arabic number. Systematic variation of digits in the nonmatching distractors allowed comparison of three different transcoding accounts (lexicalization, visual, and linguistic-morphological). German speakers were generally slower in rejecting inverted number distractors than English speakers. Across age groups, German speakers were more distracted by Arabic numbers that included the correct unit digit, whereas English speakers showed stronger distraction when the correct decade digit was included. These RT patterns reflect differences in number-word morphology. The individual cost of rejecting an inverted distractor (inversion effect) predicted arithmetic skills in German-speaking second-graders only. The moderate relationship between the efficiency to identify a matching number and arithmetic performance could be observed cross-linguistically in all age groups but was not significant in German-speaking adults. Thus, findings provide consistent evidence of a persistent impact of number-word structure on number processing, whereas the relationship with arithmetic performance was particularly pronounced in young children.
Asunto(s)
Palabras clave

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Tiempo de Reacción / Lingüística / Matemática Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies Límite: Adult / Child / Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: J Exp Child Psychol Año: 2021 Tipo del documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Tiempo de Reacción / Lingüística / Matemática Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies Límite: Adult / Child / Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: J Exp Child Psychol Año: 2021 Tipo del documento: Article