The role of phonological and executive working memory resources in simple arithmetic strategies

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 910-933

  Imbo, Ineke ^a   Vandierendonck, André ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 34848836644     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: 14640635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440601051571     Document Type: Article

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