The relationship between adults' conceptual understanding of inversion and associativity

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-66

  Dubé, Adam K ^a   Robinson, Katherine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arithmetic; Associativity; Division; Inversion; Multiplication

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952593509     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017756     Document Type: Article

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