Math-related word primes facilitate arithmetic processing in children with DD but inhibit it in typically-developing controls¶
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q3 i? In the DD group, math primes and negative primes did not differ significantly for addition and multiplication, and math primes facilitated processing in all four operations. → Rubinsten O 2010
q3 i? In the control group, math primes acted as affectively unrelated, inhibiting processing in division and slowing responses relative to positive primes in the other operations. → Rubinsten O 2010 (2)
Evidence¶
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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Planned comparisons in the priming experiment (Results section). The article reports "no significant difference between negative and math primes for addition and multiplication" in DD, and that "in all 4 arithmetic procedures, math prime words significantly facilitated processing compared to positive prime words".
"in the DD group there was no significant difference between negative and math primes for addition and multiplication. Furthermore, in the case of division, math prime words facilitated processing even more than the negative prime words"
Rubinsten O 2010 (2)¶
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 experiment, control group. Math primes were slower than positive primes in addition, multiplication and subtraction, and in division "math prime words inhibited processing", acting as affectively unrelated to targets.
"An opposite pattern was found in the control group : In 3 arithmetic procedures (addition, multiplication and subtraction) responding to targets were faster after the presentation of math prime words compared to the presentation of negative prime words but still significantly slower compared to when being presented after positive p r i m e w o r d s ."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- A significant three-way interaction of group, prime type and arithmetic operation governs arithmetic-affective priming, with DD children slower overall than controls
- Children with developmental dyscalculia respond faster to simple arithmetic targets after negative than positive affective primes, across all four arithmetic operations
- Math anxiety in DD is specific to the math context and occurs in the absence of generalized anxiety — related
- Typically-developing children show the standard affective priming pattern, responding faster to arithmetic targets after positive than negative primes — related
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Math-related word primes facilitate arithmetic processing in children with DD but inhibit it in typically-developing controls |
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Math-related word primes facilitate arithmetic processing in children with DD but inhibit it in typically-developing controls |
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2010 |
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2 — rubinsten-o-2010, rubinsten-o-2010-2 |
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