@misc{10481/111921,
year = {2026},
month = {3},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/111921},
abstract = {Why the number line in preliterate children is already consistent with the direction of the script?
Here we aimed to 1) show that being read a mirror-printed picture book is able to change lateral
biases in counting; 2) trace the development of preliterate biases; and 3) test the role of mental
model construction processes. Spanish-speaking 3 and 4 year-olds (N = 155, white, 87 female)
carried out a task of counting a row of objects and a task in which they built a toy scene before
and after being exposed to a mirror-reversed storybook. The left-to-right or right-to-left direc­
tionality of their responses was recorded. Only the older group showed pre-test lateral biases. The
mirror book changed the lateral biases in counting, and induced a congruent, but smaller change
in the model construction task. The two tasks did not correlate, against the implication of shared
mechanisms in them.},
organization = {MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033(PSI2015-67531-P and PID2021-126589OB-I00)},
organization = {ERDF (European Regional Development Fund)},
publisher = {Elsevier},
keywords = {Mental number line},
keywords = {Preliterate children},
keywords = {Development},
title = {Do picture books affect counting directionality in preliterate children? Developmental course and potential mechanisms},
doi = {10.1016/j.jecp.2026.106495},
author = {Santiago De Torres, Julio Ramón and Jiménez Carvelo, Ana María and Rivera, Laura and Serrano Chica, Francisca},
}