Mental representations of arithmetic facts: Evidence from eye movement recordings supports the preferred operand-order-specific representation hypothesis

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 661-674

  Zhou, Fan ^a   Zhao, Qian ^a   Chen, Chuansheng ^b   Zhou, Xinlin ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arithmetic facts; Electrooculograph; Mathematical cognition; Numerical processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859568309     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2011.616213     Document Type: Article

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