The hand-lateralization of spatial associations in working memory and long-term memory
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- Dandan Zhou, Jie Luo, Zizhen Yi, Yun Li, Shuting Yang, Tom Verguts (UGent) and Qi Chen
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- Spatial-numerical and spatial-positional associations have been well documented in the domains of numerical cognition and working memory, respectively. However, such associations are typically calculated by directly comparing (e.g., subtracting) left- versus right-hand responses; it remains an open question whether such associations reside in each hand individually, or are exclusively localised in one of the two hands. We conducted six experiments to investigate the hand-lateralization of both spatial-numerical and spatial-positional associations. All experiments revealed that the spatial associations stemmed from left-hand responses, irrespective of the handedness of the subjects, but with the exception of the magnitude comparison task (Experiments 5 and 6). We propose that the hemispheric lateralization of the tasks in combination with the task-relevance of spatial associations can explain this pattern. More generally, we suggest that the contributions of left and right hands require more attention in spatial-numerical and spatial-positional research.
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- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Physiology (medical), Physiology, General Psychology, Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology, General Medicine, Hand-lateralization, SNARC effect, ordinal position effect, visuo-spatial coding, verbal-spatial coding, RESPONSE CODES SNARC, POLARITY CORRESPONDENCE, HEMISPHERIC-SPECIALIZATION, NUMERICAL ASSOCIATION, MENTAL REPRESENTATION, PERCEIVING NUMBERS, FUNCTIONAL LOCUS, SPACE, MARKEDNESS, MAGNITUDE
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8670423
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- Zhou, Dandan, et al. “The Hand-Lateralization of Spatial Associations in Working Memory and Long-Term Memory.” QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, vol. 73, no. 8, 2020, pp. 1150–61, doi:10.1177/1747021819899533.
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- Zhou, D., Luo, J., Yi, Z., Li, Y., Yang, S., Verguts, T., & Chen, Q. (2020). The hand-lateralization of spatial associations in working memory and long-term memory. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, 73(8), 1150–1161. https://doi.org/10.1177/1747021819899533
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- Zhou, Dandan, Jie Luo, Zizhen Yi, Yun Li, Shuting Yang, Tom Verguts, and Qi Chen. 2020. “The Hand-Lateralization of Spatial Associations in Working Memory and Long-Term Memory.” QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 73 (8): 1150–61. https://doi.org/10.1177/1747021819899533.
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- Zhou, Dandan, Jie Luo, Zizhen Yi, Yun Li, Shuting Yang, Tom Verguts, and Qi Chen. 2020. “The Hand-Lateralization of Spatial Associations in Working Memory and Long-Term Memory.” QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 73 (8): 1150–1161. doi:10.1177/1747021819899533.
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- 1.Zhou D, Luo J, Yi Z, Li Y, Yang S, Verguts T, et al. The hand-lateralization of spatial associations in working memory and long-term memory. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY. 2020;73(8):1150–61.
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- [1]D. Zhou et al., “The hand-lateralization of spatial associations in working memory and long-term memory,” QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, vol. 73, no. 8, pp. 1150–1161, 2020.
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