@inproceedings{6d94f97bee1a4495961449661d760cd9,
title = "Intuitive number evaluation is not affected by information processing load",
abstract = "Numbers play a major role in decisions about vital life issues. This study compared the relative advantage of analytical vs. intuitive numerical processing in numerical average evaluations, while varying information load, complexity of the task and the information presentation formats. Thinking manipulation was based on Dehaene{\textquoteright}s [5] model, which postulates two pathways for the numerical processing. The complexity level of the task was manipulated by varying the number of items to be averaged. The information presentation format were simultaneous vs. sequential. When few numbers were presented, analytical evaluations were more accurate. When task complexity increased and a sequential presentation was used, intuitive evaluations were more accurate. The results challenge the common position that analytical thinking is always advantageous in numerical evaluations, suggesting instead that the relative efficiency of each thinking mode is mediated by task{\textquoteright}s factors. The cognitive mechanisms that might underlie our results are discussed.",
keywords = "Analytical thinking, Decision making, Dual process theories, Intuitive thinking, Numerical cognition",
author = "Dan Zakay and Marius Usher",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017.; International Conference on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, AHFE 2016 ; Conference date: 27-07-2016 Through 31-07-2016",
year = "2017",
doi = "https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42070-7_14",
language = "الإنجليزيّة",
isbn = "9783319420691",
series = "Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
pages = "135--148",
editor = "Terence Andre and Kantola, {Jussi Ilari} and Salman Nazir and Tibor Barath",
booktitle = "Advances in Human Factors, Business Management, Training and Education - Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Human Factors, Business Management and Society",
address = "ألمانيا",
}