空间-数字联结的本质：顺序信息与数量信息的作用

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2025, Vol. 18

Issue (5): 395-402 DOI: 10.19988/j.cnki.issn.2095-1159.2025.05.002

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The nature of spatial-numerical associations：The role of sequential information and quantitative information

YIN Yueyang, ZHOU Yuting, DAI Guangyuan, CHEN Ying

School of Education Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116

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Abstract In order to explore the nature and causes of the Spatial-numerical association, this paper focused on the relationship between ordinal information and quantitative information. The researchers found that both quantitative and ordinal information can motivate spatial representations. By combing related studies, we found that the activation levels of the two kinds of information were affected by the experimental task. When the experimental task focused on the mental number line of long-term memory, generate the SNARC effect mainly depends on quantitative information; When the experimental task focused on the numerical order of working memory, generate the ordinal position effect that depend on ordinal information. This paper also integrated dual-route model theory, polarity theory and working memory theory to construct a dual-route model based on ordinal information and quantitative information—the unconditional path for quantitative information and the conditional path for ordinal information. In the future, we can explore the nature of spatial-digital connection from three aspects： SRC effect （stimulus-response compatibility）, spatial information, and brain mechanism.

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YIN Yueyang,ZHOU Yuting,DAI Guangyuan, et al. The nature of spatial-numerical associations：The role of sequential information and quantitative information[J]. Psychological Research, 2025, 18(5): 395-402.

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