Number word structure in first and second language influences arithmetic skills

Languages differ in how they represent numerical information, and specifically whether the verbal notation of numbers follows the same order as the symbolic notation (in non-inverted languages, e.g. Hebrew, 25, twenty-five) or whether the two notations diverge (in inverted languages, e.g. Arabic, 25...

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Main Authors: Anat ePrior, Michal eKatz, Islam eMahajna, Orly eRubinsten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
L1
L2
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00266/full