The role of phonological and visual working memory in complex arithmetic for Chinese- and Canadian-educated adults

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 176-185

  Imbo, Ineke ^a   LeFevre, Jo Anne ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANADA; CHINA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CANADA; CHINA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953941375     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/MC.38.2.176     Document Type: Article

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