title: A delta-rule model of numerical and non-numerical order processing.
abstract: Numerical and non-numerical order processing share empirical characteristics (distance effect and semantic congruity), but there are also important differences (in size effect and end effect). At the same time, models and theories of numerical and non-numerical order processing developed largely separately. Currently, we combine insights from 2 earlier models to integrate them in a common framework. We argue that the same learning principle underlies numerical and non-numerical orders, but that environmental features determine the empirical differences. Implications for current theories on order processing are pointed out.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University.
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Verguts
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University.
authors.forename: Filip
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Van Opstal
mesh_terms: D001245:Association Learning; D002755:Choice Behavior; D004193:Discrimination Learning; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D011340:Problem Solving; D012660:Semantics; D012691:Serial Learning; D012858:Size Perception