The relationship between numerosity perception and mathematics ability in adults: the moderating role of dots number
Background It has been proposed that numerosity perception is the cognitive underpinning of mathematics ability. However, the existence of the association between numerosity perception and mathematics ability is still under debate, especially in adults. The present study examined the relationship be...
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| description | Background It has been proposed that numerosity perception is the cognitive underpinning of mathematics ability. However, the existence of the association between numerosity perception and mathematics ability is still under debate, especially in adults. The present study examined the relationship between numerosity perception and mathematics ability and the moderating role of dots number (i.e., the numerosity of items in dot set) in adults. Methods Sixty-four adult participants from Anshun University completed behavioral measures that tested numerosity perception of small numbers and large numbers, mathematics ability, inhibition ability, visual-spatial memory, and set-switching ability. Results We found that numerosity perception of small numbers correlated significantly with mathematics ability after controlling the influence of inhibition ability, visual-spatial memory, and set-switching ability, but numerosity perception of large numbers was not related to mathematics ability in adults. Conclusions These findings suggest that the dots number moderates the relationship between numerosity perception and mathematics ability in adults and may contribute to explaining the contradictory findings in the previous literature about the link between numerosity perception and mathematics ability. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ac3831078d8a4d7c9ad5b7b3c6fabed62023-12-02T21:49:21ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ2167-83592021-12-019e1266010.7717/peerj.12660The relationship between numerosity perception and mathematics ability in adults: the moderating role of dots numberJi Sun0Pei Sun1School of Education Science, Anshun University, Anshun, Guizhou, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, Beijing, ChinaBackground It has been proposed that numerosity perception is the cognitive underpinning of mathematics ability. However, the existence of the association between numerosity perception and mathematics ability is still under debate, especially in adults. The present study examined the relationship between numerosity perception and mathematics ability and the moderating role of dots number (i.e., the numerosity of items in dot set) in adults. Methods Sixty-four adult participants from Anshun University completed behavioral measures that tested numerosity perception of small numbers and large numbers, mathematics ability, inhibition ability, visual-spatial memory, and set-switching ability. Results We found that numerosity perception of small numbers correlated significantly with mathematics ability after controlling the influence of inhibition ability, visual-spatial memory, and set-switching ability, but numerosity perception of large numbers was not related to mathematics ability in adults. Conclusions These findings suggest that the dots number moderates the relationship between numerosity perception and mathematics ability in adults and may contribute to explaining the contradictory findings in the previous literature about the link between numerosity perception and mathematics ability.https://peerj.com/articles/12660.pdfNumerosity perceptionMathematics abilityDots numberSmall numberLarge numberNumerosity discrimination |
| spellingShingle | Ji Sun Pei Sun The relationship between numerosity perception and mathematics ability in adults: the moderating role of dots number PeerJ Numerosity perception Mathematics ability Dots number Small number Large number Numerosity discrimination |
| title | The relationship between numerosity perception and mathematics ability in adults: the moderating role of dots number |
| title_full | The relationship between numerosity perception and mathematics ability in adults: the moderating role of dots number |
| title_fullStr | The relationship between numerosity perception and mathematics ability in adults: the moderating role of dots number |
| title_full_unstemmed | The relationship between numerosity perception and mathematics ability in adults: the moderating role of dots number |
| title_short | The relationship between numerosity perception and mathematics ability in adults: the moderating role of dots number |
| title_sort | relationship between numerosity perception and mathematics ability in adults the moderating role of dots number |
| topic | Numerosity perception Mathematics ability Dots number Small number Large number Numerosity discrimination |
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