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Ashkenazi, Sarit; Blum-Cahana, Iris Y. – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2023
The current study highlights the importance of inhibitory ability in facilitating performance in mathematics. To understand the role of inhibition in mathematical knowledge, this study tested 102 college students on a series of standardized complex math exercises. Inhibition tasks varied by task and stimuli (letters, numbers, and arrows). The…
Descriptors: Inhibition, Mathematics Instruction, Cognitive Processes, Knowledge Level
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Mielicki, Marta K.; Koppel, Rebecca H.; Valencia, Gabriela; Wiley, Jennifer – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2018
Working memory capacity plays a major role in many applied contexts, and it is important to be able to accurately measure this construct. The current studies tested whether the modality of administration of the letter-number sequencing task affects performance on the task. The letter-number sequencing task is a working memory capacity measure…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Adults, Intelligence Tests, Task Analysis