Working memory in nonsymbolic approximate arithmetic processing: A dual-task study with preschoolers

Cognitive Science

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 101-127

  Xenidou Dervou, Iro ^a   van Lieshout, Ernest C D M ^a   van der Schoot, Menno ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Approximate arithmetic; Dual task paradigm, Preschool children; Nonsymbolic numerosities; Numerical cognition; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; APPROXIMATE ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DUAL-TASK PARADIGM, PRESCHOOL CHILDREN; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NONSYMBOLIC NUMEROSITIES; NUMERICAL COGNITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; SHORT TERM MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

APPROXIMATE ARITHMETIC; DUAL-TASK PARADIGM, PRESCHOOL CHILDREN; NONSYMBOLIC NUMEROSITIES; NUMERICAL COGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84892990496     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cogs.12053     Document Type: Article

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