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Ric, Francois; Muller, Dominique – Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2012
This research shows that people can unconsciously initiate and follow arithmetic rules (e.g., addition). Participants were asked to detect whether a symbol was a digit. This symbol was preceded by 2 digits and a subliminal instruction: "add" or a control instruction. Participants were faster at identifying a symbol as a number when the…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Cognitive Processes, Problem Solving, Numbers