Processing the Order of Symbolic Numbers: A Reliable and Unique Predictor of Arithmetic Fluency

Abstract: A small but growing body of evidence suggests a link between individual differences in processing the order of numerical symbols (e.g., deciding whether a set of digits is arranged in ascending/descending order or not) and arithmetic achievement. However, the reliability of behavioral correlates measuring symbolic and non-symbolic numerical order processing and their relationship to arithmetic abilities remain poorly understood. The present study aims to fill this knowledge gap by examining the behavioral correlates of numerical and non-numerical order processing and their unique associations with arithmetic fluency at two different time points within the same sample of individuals. Thirty-two right-handed adults performed three order judgment tasks consisting of symbolic numbers (i.e., digits), non-symbolic numbers (i.e., dots), and letters of the alphabet. Specifically, participants had to judge as accurately and as quickly as possible whether stimuli were ordered correctly (in a.... https://jnc.psychopen.eu/index.php/jnc/article/view/5737

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• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

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• Bibliographic citation: Processing the Order of Symbolic Numbers: A Reliable and Unique Predictor of Arithmetic Fluency ; volume:3 ; number:2 ; day:22 ; month:12 ; year:2017 ; Journal of numerical cognition ; 3, Heft 2 (22.12.2017)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Vogel, Stephan E. ; Haigh, Trent ; Sommerauer, Gerrit ; Spindler, Melanie ; Brunner, Clemens ; Lyons, Ian M. ; Grabner, Roland H.

Further information

• DOI: 10.5964/jnc.v3i2.55
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021032004192074194840
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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