Abstract
Symbolic and non-symbolic numerals activate semantic information in number comprehension. This study explored whether semantic processing of numerals in production is also produced irrespective of number format. We indexed semantic access with the interference effect observed in the blocking paradigm (Kroll & Stewart, 1994). Symbolic and non-symbolic numerals were named in a mixed context (numerals and other semantic categories were intermixed) and a blocked context (numerals were grouped by category). Semantic interference was found for non-symbolic numerals but not for symbolic numerals. We concluded that number production does not imply semantic mediation necessarily and that number format makes the difference.
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