The roles of the central executive and visuospatial storage in mental arithmetic: A comparison across strategies

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 936-954

  Hubber, Paula J ^a   Gilmore, Camilla ^b   Cragg, Lucy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Addition; Central executive; Mathematical cognition; Mental arithmetic; Visuospatial sketchpad; Visuospatial working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899938732     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2013.838590     Document Type: Article

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