Typically-developing children show the standard affective priming pattern, responding faster to arithmetic targets after positive than negative primes¶
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q3 i? In the control group, response latencies were significantly shorter after positive than negative affective primes for all four arithmetic operations. → Rubinsten O 2010
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Rubinsten O 2010¶
Rubinsten O, Tannock R. (2010). Mathematics anxiety in children with developmental dyscalculia. Behavioral and Brain Functions 6:46. http://www.behavioralandbrainfunctions.com/content/6/1/46
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Same priming experiment, control group planned comparisons. Positive primes facilitated targets for addition (F(1,10) = 47.1, p < 0.001), multiplication (F(1,10) = 54.23, p < 0.001), subtraction (F(1,10) = 799.9, p < 0.001) and division (F(1,10) = 905, p < 0.001), so "positive affective primes tend to act as affectively related to simple arithmetic problems".
"a significantly shorter response latencies for positive as compared to negative affective primes was found in the control group (i.e., positive affective primes tend to act as affectively related to simple arithmetic problems) when targets were addition problems, F(1,10) = 47.1, p < 0.001"
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Related Claims¶
- Negative priming effects are generally larger in mathematics than in language or science, particularly in arithmetic tasks — related
- Children with developmental dyscalculia respond faster to simple arithmetic targets after negative than positive affective primes, across all four arithmetic operations — reports the opposite
- Math-related word primes facilitate arithmetic processing in children with DD but inhibit it in typically-developing controls — related
- A significant three-way interaction of group, prime type and arithmetic operation governs arithmetic-affective priming, with DD children slower overall than controls — related
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Typically-developing children show the standard affective priming pattern, responding faster to arithmetic targets after positive than negative primes |
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Typically-developing children show the standard affective priming pattern, responding faster to arithmetic targets after positive than negative primes |
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