Group differences in adult simple arithmetic: Good retrievers, not-so-good retrievers, and perfectionists

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 207-216

  Hecht, Steven A ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM MEMORY; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PERSONALITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCTIVITY; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; PERSONALITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33745966337     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193399     Document Type: Article

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