Working memory, strategy execution, and strategy selection in mental arithmetic

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1246-1264

  Imbo, Ineke ^a   Duverne, Sandrine ^b   Lemaire, Patrick ^b,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34547786740     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210600943419     Document Type: Article

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