关键词: SNARC效应, 汉语数字词, 壮语数字词, 英语数字词, 壮族大学生

Abstract: In recent years, the study of the spatial–numerical association of response code (SNARC) effect as a hot spot. Previous studies showed that the SNARC effect was found consistently for varying notation(e.g. auditory number word, visual Arabic numeral, visual number word, visual dice pattern). According to Dehaene, et al. (1993), the orientation of SNARC effect is formed by cultural factors such as general writing direction. In current study, The participants are Zhuang university student who master Chinese, English and Zhuang number words. The main goal of the present study was threefold: first, to investigate whether the horizontally SNARC effect could be observed in One-digit Chinese, English and Zhuang number words; Second, to find whether the size of the SNARC effect in the auditory condition as the same as the SNARC effect in visual condition; Third, to find whether Cultural factors affect SNARC effect of Zhuang auditory numbers which haven not corresponding visual numbers. In order to detect the SNARC effect under the conditions of visual and auditory One-digit number words, E-prime software programming in current study. Two experiments were conducted with the Chinese/Zhuang auditory number words(experiment I) and Chinese/English Visual number words(experiment II) ranging from 1 to 9, except for 5. Participants were required to classifying numbers by their parity. Reaction time and response accuracy were collected. Reserved the participant whom accurate no less than 80%. ANOVA analyses and regression analyses were performed in both experiments. Our data suggest that: One-digit Zhuang and Chinese auditory numbers have both shown the SNARC effect(see Figure 1, Figure 2); One-digit English and Chinese visual numbers have also shown the SNARC effect(see Figure 5, Figure 6).Further regression analysis showed that these three number word did show the SNARC effect (Figure 3,4,7,8). Took varying notation number words for t-test, there were not significant differences in .05 level. This indicates that the size of the SNARC effect in the auditory condition did not differ from the SNARC effect in visual condition; At last, the SNARC effect of Zhuang auditory numbers which haven not corresponding visual numbers were also affected by writing experience.

Key words: SNARC effect, Chinese number words, Zhuang number words, English number words, Zhuang university student