Phases of learning: How skill acquisition impacts cognitive processing.

This fMRI study examines the changes in participants’ information processing as they repeatedly solve the same mathematical problem. We show that the majority of practice-related speedup is produced by discrete changes in cognitive processing. Because the points at which these changes take place var...

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Published in:	Cognitive Psychology Vol. 87; pp. 1 - 29
Main Authors:	Tenison, Caitlin, Fincham, Jon M., Anderson, John R.
Format:	Article
Published:	Academic Press Inc. Jun2016
Subjects:	Problem solving Information processing Mathematics problems & exercises Psychology of learning Functional magnetic resonance imaging Mathematical ability testing
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost