Semantic Congruity Effects in Comparative Judgments of Magnitudes of Digits.

Banks, William P.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1976

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Semantic Congruity Effects in Comparative Judgments of Magnitudes of Digits

Banks, William P.; And Others

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2, 3, 435-47, Aug 76

When shown a pair of digits and asked to select the larger of the two, subjects make their choice more quickly as the numerical difference between the digits increases. Presents and tests a semantic coding model that can explain this and all previous results. (Editor)

Descriptors: Experimental Psychology, Flow Charts, Information Processing, Models, Numbers, Reaction Time, Research Methodology, Semantics, Tables (Data)

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