The influence of problem features and individual differences on strategic performance in simple arithmetic

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 454-463

  Imbo, Ineke ^a   Vandierendonck, André ^a   Rosseel, Yves ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL;

EID: 34447302866     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193285     Document Type: Article

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