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Psychological Research
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01-07-2014 | Original Article

The impact of finger counting habits on arithmetic in adults and children

Auteurs: Sharlene D. Newman, Firat Soylu

Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research | Uitgave 4/2014

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Abstract

Here, we explored the impact of finger counting habits on arithmetic in both adults and children. Two groups of participants were examined, those that begin counting with their left hand (left-starters) and those that begin counting with their right hand (right-starters). For the adults, performance on an addition task in which participants added 2 two-digit numbers was compared. The results revealed that left-starters were slower than right-starters when adding and they had lower forward and backward digit-span scores. The children (aged 5–12) showed similar results on a single-digit timed addition task—right-starters outperformed left-starters. However, the children did not reveal differences in working memory or verbal and non-verbal intelligence as a function of finger counting habit. We argue that the motor act of finger counting influences how number is represented and suggest that left-starters may have a more bilateral representation that accounts for the slower processing.
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Metagegevens
Titel
The impact of finger counting habits on arithmetic in adults and children
Auteurs
Sharlene D. Newman
Firat Soylu
Publicatiedatum
01-07-2014
Uitgeverij
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Gepubliceerd in
Psychological Research / Uitgave 4/2014
Print ISSN: 0340-0727
Elektronisch ISSN: 1430-2772
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-013-0505-9

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