Macizo, P. 1 , Herrera, A. 2 , Morales, L. 1 & Juárez, V. 1
1 University of Granada
2 University of Murcia
In this study we evaluate whether people in Spain and USA access to the monetary value of Euros and Dollars when they name them. The participants named sequences of banknotes grouped by category or mixed with exemplars of other categories. They were faster naming banknotes in the blocked situation which suggests that they did not process the banknotes semantically. The absence of semantic interference effect seems to be mediated by the numbers imprinted on banknotes since participants showed semantic interference when the monetary value was removed from banknotes. These results indicate that people can say aloud the monetary value of Euros and Dollars without an obligatory semantic mediation.