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Hsiao, Janet H.; Cheung, Kit – Cognitive Science, 2016
In Chinese orthography, the most common character structure consists of a semantic radical on the left and a phonetic radical on the right (SP characters); the minority, opposite arrangement also exists (PS characters). Recent studies showed that SP character processing is more left hemisphere (LH) lateralized than PS character processing.…
Descriptors: Chinese, Orthographic Symbols, Word Recognition, Brain Hemisphere Functions
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Xenidou-Dervou, Iro; van Lieshout, Ernest C. D. M.; van der Schoot, Menno – Cognitive Science, 2014
Preschool children have been proven to possess nonsymbolic approximate arithmetic skills before learning how to manipulate symbolic math and thus before any formal math instruction. It has been assumed that nonsymbolic approximate math tasks necessitate the allocation of Working Memory (WM) resources. WM has been consistently shown to be an…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Arithmetic, Preschool Children, Mathematics Skills