Do multiplication and division strategies rely on executive and phonological working memory resources?

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1759-1771

  Imbo, Ineke ^a   Vandierendonck, André ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CALCULATOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHONETICS; TECHNIQUE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 36148966884     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193508     Document Type: Article

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