From affordances to abstract words: The flexibility of sensorimotor grounding
The sensorimotor system plays a critical role in several cognitive processes. Here, we
review recent studies documenting this interplay at different levels. First, we concentrate on …
review recent studies documenting this interplay at different levels. First, we concentrate on …
Spatial attention in mental arithmetic: A literature review and meta-analysis
We review the evidence for the conceptual association between arithmetic and space and
quantify the effect size in meta-analyses. We focus on three effects:(a) the operational …
quantify the effect size in meta-analyses. We focus on three effects:(a) the operational …
The link between number and action in human infants
Humans' inborn ability to represent and manipulate numerical quantities is supported by the
parietal cortex, which is also involved in a variety of spatial and motor abilities. While the …
parietal cortex, which is also involved in a variety of spatial and motor abilities. While the …
A common neural substrate for number comparison, hand reaching and gras**: A SDM-PSI meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies
The reliance of number processing on sensorimotor mechanisms involved in hand action
has been extensively documented by behavioural studies. Nonetheless, where and how the …
has been extensively documented by behavioural studies. Nonetheless, where and how the …
Larger, smaller, odd or even? Task-specific effects of optokinetic stimulation on the mental number space
Previous studies have shown that number processing can induce spatial biases in
perception and action and can trigger the orienting of visuospatial attention. Few studies …
perception and action and can trigger the orienting of visuospatial attention. Few studies …
[HTML][HTML] Children perform better on left than right targets in an ordinal task
Francis Galton first reported that humans mentally organize numbers from left to right on a
mental number line (1880). This spatial-numerical association was long considered to result …
mental number line (1880). This spatial-numerical association was long considered to result …
Effects of attentional shifts along the vertical axis on number processing: An eye-tracking study with optokinetic stimulation
Previous studies suggest that associations between numbers and space are mediated by
shifts of visuospatial attention along the horizontal axis. In this study, we investigated the …
shifts of visuospatial attention along the horizontal axis. In this study, we investigated the …
Act on numbers: numerical magnitude influences selection and kinematics of finger movement
In the past decade hand kinematics has been reliably adopted for investigating cognitive
processes and disentangling debated topics. One of the most controversial issues in …
processes and disentangling debated topics. One of the most controversial issues in …
Approach direction and accuracy, but not response times, show spatial-numerical association in chicks
Chicks trained to identify a target item in a sagittally-oriented series of identical items show a
higher accuracy for the target on the left, rather than that on the right, at test when the series …
higher accuracy for the target on the left, rather than that on the right, at test when the series …
Cross-representational interactions: interface and overlap mechanisms
A crucial question facing cognitive science concerns the nature of conceptual
representations as well as the constraints on the interactions between them. One specific …
representations as well as the constraints on the interactions between them. One specific …