Eighteen trial-level parity judgment datasets (n = 1016) from five countries: benefits of sharing unified data of cognitive tasks

Abstract

Psychological science could greatly benefit from research synthesis, especially when it comes to overcoming limitations of too small samples tested in single studies. However, initiatives aimed at sharing large, curated trial-level data from cognitive tasks remain scarce. To address this problem, we initiated a collective effort allowing to assemble and report a collection of eighteen datasets of the speeded bimanual parity judgment of single-digit numbers with response-to-key assignment flipped mid-experiment (hereafter SNARC-B-PJ). SNARC-B-PJ is one of the most popular tasks in numerical cognition and is used to evaluate the Spatial-Numerical Association of Response Codes effect (SNARC), a hallmark effect for Spatial-Numerical Associations (SNAs) more generally. Datasets, related to both published and unpublished studies, were collected in eight labs across five countries, totaling 1016 healthy adult participants. We provide thorough documentation and a tentative outline of potential future analyses of these datasets. We also intend to expand this resource and encourage potentially interested colleagues to contribute to this database. At the same time, we generalize our approach by discussing potential benefits of building similar databases comprising data from other popular tasks used in cognitive psychology.

Authors 9

1. Krzysztof Cipora corresponding

   Loughborough University

   Affiliation as printed

   Centre for Mathematical Cognition , Loughborough University , Loughborough , UK

   Centre for Mathematical Cognition, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK

2. Jean‐Philippe van Dijck

   Ghent University · Thomas More Kempen

   Affiliation as printed

   Universiteit Gent

   Department of Applied Psychology: Thomas More University of Applied Sciences, Belgium

   Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium

3. Carrie Georges

   University of Luxembourg

   Affiliation as printed

   Institute of Cognitive Science and Assessment , Department of Behavioral and Cognitive Science , University of Luxembourg , Luxembourg

   Institute of Cognitive Science and Assessment, Department of Behavioral and Cognitive Science, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

4. Nicolas Masson

   University of Luxembourg · UCLouvain

   Affiliation as printed

   Institut de Recherche en Sciences Psychologiques and

   Institute of Cognitive Science and Assessment , Department of Behavioral and Cognitive Science , University of Luxembourg , Luxembourg

   Institut de Recherche en Sciences Psychologiques and Institute of Neuroscience, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

   Institute of Cognitive Science and Assessment, Department of Behavioral and Cognitive Science, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

5. Silke Melanie Goebel
6. Klaus Willmes Aachen Department of Neurology, University Clinic

   Universitätsklinikum Aachen · RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   Department of Neurology , University Clinic , RWTH Aachen University , Aachen Germany

   Department of Neurology, University Clinic, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen Germany

7. Mauro Pesenti

   UCLouvain

   Affiliation as printed

   Institut de Recherche en Sciences Psychologiques and

   Institut de Recherche en Sciences Psychologiques and Institute of Neuroscience, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

8. Christine Schiltz

   University of Luxembourg

   Affiliation as printed

   Institute of Cognitive Science and Assessment, Department of Behavioral and Cognitive Science, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

9. Hans‐Christoph Nuerk

   University of Tübingen

   Affiliation as printed

   Department of Psychology , University of Tuebingen , Tuebingen , Germany

   LEAD Graduate School & Research Network , University of Tuebingen , Tuebingen , Germany

   Department of Psychology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

   LEAD Graduate School & Research Network, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany