Attentional bias induced by solving simple and complex addition and subtraction problems

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1514-1526

  Masson, Nicolas ^a   Pesenti, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attentional shifts; Mental arithmetic; Operational momentum; Visuospatial attention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; STATISTICAL BIAS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904566431     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2014.903985     Document Type: Article

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