The Cultural Number Line
A Review of Cultural and Linguistic Influences on the Development of Number Processing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14257546 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Silke M Göbel (0000-0001-8845-6026, University of York, York, UK), Samuel Shaki (0000-0002-2340-5401, Ariel University Center of Samaria, Israel), Martin H Fischer (0000-0003-3818-7272, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK,, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 543-565 |
| Publication date | 2011-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0221 • E-ISSN: 1552-5422 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022022111406251 |
| OpenAlex | W2161391062 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 27 |
| References cited | 91 |
Approximate processing of numerosities is a universal and preverbal skill, while exact number processing above 4 involves the use of culturally acquired number words and symbols. The authors first review core concepts of numerical cognition, including number representation in the brain and the influential view that numbers are associated with space along a “mental number line.” Then, they discuss how cultural influences, such as reading direction, finger counting, and the transparency of the number word system, can influence the representation and processing of numbers. Spatial mapping of numbers emerges as a universal cognitive strategy. The authors trace the impact of cultural factors on the development of number skills and conclude that a cross-cultural perspective can reveal important constraints on numerical cognition
Arithmetic · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Mental representation · Number line · Number sense · Numerical cognition · Numerosity adaptation effect · Perspective (graphical) · Reading (process) · Representation (politics) · TRACE (psycholinguistics) · Artificial Intelligence · Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills · Computer Science · Mathematics · Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development
Finger Counting Habits in Middle Eastern and Western Individuals
Cultural Characteristics Dissociate Magnitude and Ordinal Information Processing
The numeral system of P’urhepecha
Reading/writing direction as a source of directional bias in spatial cognition
SNARC effect in a transfer paradigm
Attention to multilingual job ads
Effects of attentional shifts along the vertical axis on number processing
Spatial biases in mental arithmetic are independent of reading/writing habits
Numbers around Descartes
Number Representations Drive Number-Line Estimates
Electrophysiological Evidence of Space-Number Associations in 9-Month-Old Infants
Exploring bias in horizontal and vertical spatial representations using mental number lines and the greyscales task
No fingers, no SNARC? Neither the finger counting starting hand, nor its stability robustly affect the SNARC effect
Summing up
Cultural similarities and specificities of finger counting and montring
Judging the order of numbers relies on familiarity rather than activating the mental number line
Numerals as triggers of System 1 and System 2 in the ‘bat and ball’ problem
Using space to talk and gesture about numbers
Interpreting the Dynamics of Social Indicators
Implicit and explicit spatial-numerical representations diverge in number-form synesthetes
Finger counting habit and spatial–numerical association in children and adults
Evolution and development of Spatial-Numerical Association
The Psychology of Communication
Methodological Issues When Interpreting Changes in Social Phenomena Over Time
The Metaphorical Use of Body Parts in Forming Counting expressions
Training early visuo-spatial abilities
Testing and Explaining Differences in Common and Residual Factors Across Many Countries
Time required for Judgements of Numerical Inequality
Reading habits for both words and numbers contribute to the SNARC effect
Culture-sensitive neural substrates of human cognition
Numerical Cognition Without Words
Cultural Recycling of Cortical Maps
Representation of Number in the Brain
Log or Linear? Distinct Intuitions of the Number Scale in Western and Amazonian Indigene Cultures
Three Parietal Circuits for Number Processing
Development of Numerical Estimation in Young Children
The mental representation of parity and number magnitude.
Sex Differences in Intrinsic Aptitude for Mathematics and Science?
Cross-cultural and developmental trends in graphic productions
Exact and Approximate Arithmetic in an Amazonian Indigene Group
Number as a cognitive technology
Core systems of number
Interactions between number and space in parietal cortex
The Child’s Understanding of Number
Visualised Numerals
Linkages between Number Concepts, Spatial Thinking, and Directionality of Writing
"Developmental change in the acuity of the "number sense
Developmental and individual differences in pure numerical estimation
Effects of age and schooling on the acquisition of elementary quantitative skills
Cultural Variation in Numeration Systems and Their Mapping Onto the Mental Number Line
Cross-Cultural Studies in Cognition and Mathematics
Yupno Number System and Counting
Finger Counting Habits in Middle Eastern and Western Individuals
How Numbers Bias Preschoolers' Spatial Search
No Innate Number Line in the Human Brain
Using Mental Representations of Space When Words Are Unavailable
Au Gravettien, dans la grotte Cosquer (Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône), l'Homme a-t-il compté sur ses doigts
| Unique citing works | 27 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,8 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |