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Do people represent space, time, number, and other conceptual domains using a generalized magnitude system (GMS)? To answer this question, numerous studies have used the spatial-numerical association of response codes… Click to show full abstract
Do people represent space, time, number, and other conceptual domains using a generalized magnitude system (GMS)? To answer this question, numerous studies have used the spatial-numerical association of response codes (SNARC) task and its variants. Yet, for a combination of reasons, SNARC-like effects cannot provide evidence for a GMS, even in principle. Rather, these effects support a broader theory of how people use space metaphorically to scaffold their understanding of myriad non-spatial domains, whether or not these domains exhibit variation in magnitude.
Journal Title: Cognitive science
Year Published: 2019
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