Perceiving numbers causes spatial shifts of attention

被引：542

作者：

Fischer, MH ^{[1
]}

Castel, AD

Dodd, MD

Pratt, J

机构：

[1] Univ Dundee, Dept Psychol, Dundee DD1 4HN, Scotland

[2] Univ Toronto, Dept Psychol, Toronto, ON M5S 3G3, Canada

来源：

NATURE NEUROSCIENCE | 2003年 / 6卷 / 06期

基金：

加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;

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D O I：

10.1038/nn1066

中图分类号：

Q189 [神经科学];

学科分类号：

071006 ;

摘要：

Number symbols are part of our everyday visual world. Here we show that merely looking at numbers causes a shift in covert attention to the left or right side, depending upon the number's magnitude. This observation implies obligatory activation of number meaning and signals a tight coupling of internal and external representations of space.

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