The Beginning of the Road: Learning Mathematics for the First Time

Task and information conflicts in the numerical Stroop task

“…1.4 | The numerical Stroop task and task conflict Despite the considerable number of studies that deal with the conflicts of the Stroop color-word task (i.e., both task and information conflicts), the reports of task conflict in the numerical Stroop task are limited (Ben-Shalom et al, 2012). However, several pieces of evidence suggest the existence of early effects of irrelevant numerical processing on physical judgments.…”