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Monozygotic Twins' Colour-Number Association: A Case Study
Presentation By Mandy French
Contents |
Introduction
• Investigates the color-number associations of monozygotic twins age 12 at testing
• Origin of color-number association is known to be a colored number jigsaw puzzle
• At age 3 the association was first noted when a teacher asked the boys to report numbers, but they insisted on reporting color names
• The colors that were reported were synonymous with the colors shown on the “Early Learning Centre” number jigsaw puzzle that the boys regularly played with
• The brothers showed the same color to number pairings, but the association was not quit as strong for one of the brothers
• By age 12 the boys report what color a digit is as well as most letters
• Researcher was interested in determining if the boys show the Stroop-like interference effects that are commonly used and if they had enduring associations
Methods
• Name the color in which a digit is displayed
• Hypothesized that if the digit is colored according to the jigsaw puzzle, then the boys will be quicker when compared to incorrectly colored digits
Participants
• Monozygotic twin boys aged 12 years and 2 months
• Physically and intellectually similar
