Interactivity, efficiency, and individual differences in mental arithmetic

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 302-311

  Vallée Tourangeau, Frédéric ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distributed cognition; Efficiency; Individual differences; Interactivity; Mental arithmetic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SHORT TERM MEMORY; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881179407     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169/a000200     Document Type: Article

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