TY - JOUR
T1 - Automatic and Intentional Processing of Numerical Information
AU - Tzelgov, Joseph
AU - Meyer, Joachim
AU - Henik, Avishai
PY - 1992/1
Y1 - 1992/1
N2 - Ss evaluated either numerical size or physical size of stimuli varying along both dimensions. Size congruity, distance, and semantic congruency effects were obtained for numerical comparisons of digit pairs and for comparisons of digits with an internal standard (5). Only the size congruity effect was obtained for physical judgments. It was smaller for pairs in which both stimuli were either both smaller or both larger than 5 than for pairs that contained the digit 5. The results are consistent with the notion that intentional processing is mainly algorithm based, whereas autonomous processing is mainly memory based. Implications of the results for models of numerical processing are discussed.
AB - Ss evaluated either numerical size or physical size of stimuli varying along both dimensions. Size congruity, distance, and semantic congruency effects were obtained for numerical comparisons of digit pairs and for comparisons of digits with an internal standard (5). Only the size congruity effect was obtained for physical judgments. It was smaller for pairs in which both stimuli were either both smaller or both larger than 5 than for pairs that contained the digit 5. The results are consistent with the notion that intentional processing is mainly algorithm based, whereas autonomous processing is mainly memory based. Implications of the results for models of numerical processing are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1037/0278-7393.18.1.166
DO - 10.1037/0278-7393.18.1.166
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AN - SCOPUS:58149207423
SN - 0278-7393
VL - 18
SP - 166
EP - 179
JO - Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition
JF - Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition
IS - 1
ER -