Automatic quantity processing in 5-year olds and adults

Gebuis, Titia; Kadosh, Roi Cohen; Haan, Edward H.F. de; Henik, Avishai

doi:10.1007/s10339-008-0219-x

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“…In fact, it would require a Weber fraction greater than infinity to successfully model individuals' who score less than 0.5. While such a score would appear impossible if the nonsymbolic comparison task involves only Weber-Fechner processes (a claim which is disputed by some researchers), some participants do indeed perform in this range: 10 of the 420 experimental quarters in our study resulted in accuracies below 0.5, and in Libertus et al's (2011) Fuhs & McNeil, 2013;Gebuis, Cohen Kadosh, de Haan, & Henik, 2009;Gilmore et al, 2013;Hurewitz, Gelman & Schnitzer, 2006;Nys & Content, 2012) and others have proposed alternative accounts entirely (e.g. Gebuis & Reynvoet, 2011bVerguts & Fias, 2004;Zorzi & Butterworth, 1999).…”

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“…Furthermore, it may be that the lack of the predicted relationship between NRE(accuracy) and Weber fraction has some theoretical significance, implying that there are important processes involved in the nonsymbolic comparison task which do not follow the Weber-Fechner law (as suggested by, for example, Fuhs & McNeil, 2013;Gebuis, Cohen Kadosh, de Haan, & Henik, 2009;Gebuis & Reynvoet, 2011bGilmore et al, 2013;Hurewitz, Gelman & Schnitzer, 2006;Nys & Content, 2012;Verguts & Fias, 2004;Zorzi & Butterworth, 1999).…”

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“…Fuhs & McNeil, 2013;Gebuis, Cohen Kadosh, de Haan, & Henik, 2009;Gebuis & Reynvoet, 2011bGilmore et al, 2013;Hurewitz, Gelman & Schnitzer, 2006;Nys & Content, 2012;Verguts & Fias, 2004;Zorzi & Butterworth, 1999).…”

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Much recent research attention has focused on understanding individual differences in the Approximate Number System, a cognitive system believed to underlie human mathematical competence. To date researchers have used four main indices of ANS acuity, and have typically assumed that they measure similar properties. Here we report a study which questions this assumption. We demonstrate that the Numerical Ratio Effect has poor testretest reliability and that it does not relate to either Weber fractions or accuracy on nonsymbolic comparison tasks. Furthermore, we show that Weber fractions follow a strongly skewed distribution and that they have lower test-retest reliability than a simple accuracy measure. We conclude by arguing that in future researchers interested in indexing individual differences in ANS acuity should use accuracy figures, not Weber fractions or Numerical Ratio Effects.

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“…In the task, children were shown the digits 2 and 5 congruently with regard to their physical and numerical magnitude (5 2) as well as incongruently with regard to their physical and numerical magnitude (5 2). In contrast to previous studies involving speeded responses (Bugden & Ansari, 2011;Gebuis, Kadosh, de Haan, & Henik, 2009;Girelli, Lucangeli, & Butterworth, 2000;Rubinsten, Henik, Berger, & Shahar-Shalev, 2002) children in our study responded on their own accord. Of interest was whether they would be incorrect more often in incongruent trials and point towards the physically rather than the numerically larger digit, as compared to congruent trials.…”

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The Development of Arabic Digit Knowledge in 4- to 7-Year-Old Children

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Recent studies indicate that Arabic digit knowledge rather than non-symbolic number knowledge is a key foundation for arithmetic proficiency at the start of a child's mathematical career. We document the developmental trajectory of 4-to 7-year-olds' proficiency in accessing magnitude information from Arabic digits in five tasks differing in magnitude manipulation requirements. Results showed that children from 5 years onwards accessed magnitude information implicitly and explicitly, but that 5-year-olds failed to access magnitude information explicitly when numerical magnitude was contrasted with physical magnitude. Performance across tasks revealed a clear developmental trajectory: children traverse from first knowing the cardinal values of number words to recognizing Arabic digits to knowing their cardinal values and, concurrently, their ordinal position. Correlational analyses showed a strong within-child consistency, demonstrating that this pattern is not only reflected in group differences but also in individual performance.

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“…Indeed, a large number of studies have shown that numerical judgments are highly influenced by the visual perceptual properties of the stimulus (e.g. density, sum of perimeter, surface area, length, size…) in children and adults (Dormal & Pesenti, 2007;Gebuis, Cohen Kadosh, de Haan, & Henik, 2009;Rousselle & Noël, 2008;Rousselle, Palmers, & Noël, 2004). Some studies even fail to find any evidence of a sensitivity to numerical differences when the perceptual variables, which naturally covary with numerosities, are strictly controlled for (Clearfield & Mix, 1999, 2001Feigenson, Carey, & Spelke, 2002;Mix, 2002;Rousselle et al, 2004).…”

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Evidence of the impact of visuo-spatial processing on magnitude representation in 22q11.2 microdeletion syndrome

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The influence of visuo-spatial skills on numerical magnitude processing is the subject of a long-standing debate. As most of the numerical and non-numerical magnitude abilities underpinning mathematical development are visual by nature, they are often assessed in the visual modality, thereby confusing visuo-spatial and numerical processing. In order to assess the influence of visuo-spatial processing on numerical magnitude representation, we examined magnitude processing in patients with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11DS), a genetic condition characterized by a cognitive profile with a relative weakness in visuo-spatial abilities but with preserved verbal abilities. Twenty-seven participants with 22q11DS were compared to two control groups (one matched on verbal intelligence and the other on visuospatial abilities) on several magnitude comparison tasks each with different visuo-spatial processing requirements. Our results showed that participants with 22q11DS present a consistent pattern of impairment in magnitude comparison tasks requiring the processing of visuo-spatial dimensions: comparison of lengths and collections. In contrast, their performance did not differ from the control groups in a visual task with no spatial processing requirement (i.e. numerical comparison of flashed dot sequences) or in auditory tasks (i.e., duration comparison and numerical comparison of sound sequences). Finally, a specific deficit of enumeration processes was observed in the subitizing range. Taken together, these results show that deficits in magnitude can occur as a consequence of a visuo-spatial deficit.

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Automatic quantity processing in 5-year olds and adults

Cited by 82 publications

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Indexing the approximate number system

Indexing the approximate number system

The Development of Arabic Digit Knowledge in 4- to 7-Year-Old Children

Evidence of the impact of visuo-spatial processing on magnitude representation in 22q11.2 microdeletion syndrome

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