Numerical comparison of two-digit numbers: how differences at encoding can involve differences in processing
(2011) Journal of Cognitive Psychology — Vol. 23, n° 1, p. 8-17 (2011)
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- The study of two-digit numbers processing has recently gathered a growing interest. Here, we examine whether differences at encoding of two-digit oral verbal numerals induce differences in the type of processing involved. Twenty-four participants were submitted to a comparison task to 55. Differences at encoding were introduced by the use of dichotic listening and synchronous (synchronous condition) or asynchronous presentation (tens-first and units-first conditions) of the two-digit numerals’ components. Our results showed that differences at the encoding stage of two-digit numerals involve: (1) different comparison processes (tens-first and units-first conditions: parallel comparison; synchronous condition: parallel and holistic comparison); and (2) differences in the weight of the tens- and units-effects. Therefore, attentional mechanisms determining at the encoding stage how much attention is paid to the two-digit numerals’ components might account for the different types of processing found with two-digit numbers.
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Crollen, V., & Crollen, V. (2011). Numerical comparison of two-digit numbers: how differences at encoding can involve differences in processing. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 23(1), 8-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2011.445985 (Original work published 2011)