Ruizhe Liu, Christian D Schunn, Julie A Fiez, Melissa E Libertus
Introduction: Adults can represent numerical information in nonsymbolic and symbolic formats and flexibly switch between the two. While some studies suggest a strong link between the two number representation systems (e.g., Piazza, Izard, Pinel, Le Bihan, & Dehaene, 2004 Neuron , 44(3), 547), other studies show evidence against the strong-link hypothesis (e.g., Lyons, Ansari, & Beilock, 2012 Journal of Experimental Psychology: General , 141(4), 635). This inconsistency could arise from the relation between task demands and the closeness of the link between the two number systems...
April 2018: Brain and Behavior