Proximity and precedence in arithmetic

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1953-1968

  Landy, David ^a   Goldstone, Robert L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Embodied cognition; Mathematical cognition; Symbolic reasoning

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 77957877217     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470211003787619     Document Type: Article

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