Integer Comparison and the Inverse Symbolic Distance Effect
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چکیده
The positive integers constitute the most well-studied number class. An important finding is the symbolic distance effect (SDE): the greater the distance between two positive integers, the faster they are compared (Moyer & Landauer, 1967). The SDE is important because it indicates that numerical symbols are understood in part as magnitudes, i.e., using a mental number line. The current study investigated whether the SDE holds for all integers – positive, negative, and zero.
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