Task-irrelevant spatial dividers facilitate counting and numerosity estimation

Abstract Counting is characterized as a slow and error-prone action relying heavily on serial allocation of focused attention. However, quick and accurate counting is required for many real-world tasks (e.g., counting heads to ensure everyone is evacuated to a safe place in an emergency). Previous r...

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Autores principales:	Qi Li, Ryoichi Nakashima, Kazuhiko Yokosawa
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2018
Materias:	Spatial Division Multiplicity Estimates Ature Distribution Serial Allocation Subitizing Range Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:6b8dec406b1f4a1a89ba7fe28ff928792021-12-02T11:40:47ZTask-irrelevant spatial dividers facilitate counting and numerosity estimation10.1038/s41598-018-33877-y2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/6b8dec406b1f4a1a89ba7fe28ff928792018-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-33877-yhttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Counting is characterized as a slow and error-prone action relying heavily on serial allocation of focused attention. However, quick and accurate counting is required for many real-world tasks (e.g., counting heads to ensure everyone is evacuated to a safe place in an emergency). Previous research suggests that task-irrelevant spatial dividers, which segment visual displays into small areas, facilitate focused attention and improve serial search. The present study investigated whether counting, which is also closely related to focused attention, can be facilitated by spatial dividers. Furthermore, the effect of spatial dividers on numerosity estimation, putatively dependent upon distributed attention, was also examined to provide insights into different types of number systems and different modes of visual attention. The results showed profound performance improvement by task-irrelevant spatial dividers in both counting and numerosity estimation tasks, indicating that spatial dividers may activate interaction between number and visual attention systems. Our findings provide the first evidence that task-irrelevant spatial dividers can be used to facilitate various types of numerical cognition.Qi LiRyoichi NakashimaKazuhiko YokosawaNature PortfolioarticleSpatial DivisionMultiplicity EstimatesAture DistributionSerial AllocationSubitizing RangeMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2018)
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description	Abstract Counting is characterized as a slow and error-prone action relying heavily on serial allocation of focused attention. However, quick and accurate counting is required for many real-world tasks (e.g., counting heads to ensure everyone is evacuated to a safe place in an emergency). Previous research suggests that task-irrelevant spatial dividers, which segment visual displays into small areas, facilitate focused attention and improve serial search. The present study investigated whether counting, which is also closely related to focused attention, can be facilitated by spatial dividers. Furthermore, the effect of spatial dividers on numerosity estimation, putatively dependent upon distributed attention, was also examined to provide insights into different types of number systems and different modes of visual attention. The results showed profound performance improvement by task-irrelevant spatial dividers in both counting and numerosity estimation tasks, indicating that spatial dividers may activate interaction between number and visual attention systems. Our findings provide the first evidence that task-irrelevant spatial dividers can be used to facilitate various types of numerical cognition.
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title	Task-irrelevant spatial dividers facilitate counting and numerosity estimation
title_short	Task-irrelevant spatial dividers facilitate counting and numerosity estimation
title_full	Task-irrelevant spatial dividers facilitate counting and numerosity estimation
title_fullStr	Task-irrelevant spatial dividers facilitate counting and numerosity estimation
title_full_unstemmed	Task-irrelevant spatial dividers facilitate counting and numerosity estimation
title_sort	task-irrelevant spatial dividers facilitate counting and numerosity estimation
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Task-irrelevant spatial dividers facilitate counting and numerosity estimation

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