Reynvoet Bert, Brysbaert Marc, Fias Wim
Ghent University, Belgium.
Q J Exp Psychol A. 2002 Oct;55(4):1127-39. doi: 10.1080/02724980244000116.
The issue of semantic and non-semantic conversion routes for numerals is still debated in numerical cognition. We report two number-naming experiments in which the target numerals were preceded by another numeral (prime). The primes and targets could be presented either in arabic (digit) notation or in verbal (alphabetical) notation. The results reveal a semantically related distance effect: Latencies are fastest when the prime has the same value as the target and increase when the distance between prime and target increases. We argue that the present results are congruent with the idea that the numerals make access to an ordered semantic number line common to all notations, as the results are the same for within-notation priming (arabic-arabic or verbal-verbal) and between-notations priming (arabic-verbal or verbal-arabic). The present results also point to a rapid involvement of semantics in the naming of numerals, also when the numerals are words. As such, they are in line with recent claims of rapid semantic mediation in word naming.
数字的语义和非语义转换路径问题在数字认知领域仍存在争议。我们报告了两项数字命名实验，其中目标数字之前有另一个数字（启动刺激）。启动刺激和目标数字可以用阿拉伯数字（数字）表示法或文字（字母）表示法呈现。结果揭示了一种语义相关距离效应：当启动刺激与目标数字的值相同时，反应时最快，且随着启动刺激与目标数字之间距离的增加，反应时会延长。我们认为，目前的结果与这样一种观点一致，即数字能够通向所有表示法共有的有序语义数字线，因为符号内启动（阿拉伯数字-阿拉伯数字或文字-文字）和符号间启动（阿拉伯数字-文字或文字-阿拉伯数字）的结果是相同的。目前的结果还表明，语义在数字命名中也会迅速参与，即使数字是单词时也是如此。因此，它们与最近关于单词命名中快速语义中介的观点一致。
