Mathematical cognition: Individual differences in resource allocation

ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 555-567

  Bornemann, Boris ^a   Foth, Manja ^a   Horn, Judith ^a   Ries, Jan ^a   Warmuth, Elke ^a   Wartenburger, Isabell ^b,c   van der Meer, Elke ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fluid intelligence; Focused attention; Mathematical cognition; Pupillary response; Pupillometry; Resource allocation; Working memory capacity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867565487     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-010-0253-x     Document Type: Article

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