Do production and verification tasks in arithmetic rely on the same cognitive mechanisms? A test using alphabet arithmetic.

In this study, 17 adult participants were trained to solve alphabet–arithmetic problems using a production task (e.g., C + 3 = ?). The evolution of their performance across 12 practice sessions was compared with the results obtained in past studies using verification tasks (e.g., is C + 3 = F correc...

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Publicado en:Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Vol. 74; no. 12; pp. 2182 - 2193
Autores principales: Dewi, Jasinta DM, Bagnoud, Jeanne, Thevenot, Catherine
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. Dec2021
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        Problem solving
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