Calculation latency: The μ of memory and the τ of transformation

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 217-226

  Campbell, Jamie I D ^a   Penner Wilger, Marcie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEMORY; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION, STIMULUS; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS;

EID: 33745950164     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193400     Document Type: Article

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