Hand Position Affects Performance on Multiplication Tasks

Hand Position Affects Performance on Multiplication Tasks

We investigated whether or not hand placement affects people’s ability to apply learned mathematical information in new and familiar contexts. Participants learned a set of arithmetic facts presented one way (i.e., in a × b = c format) and then were tested on those same facts shown in either a novel...

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Main Authors: Christopher C. Davoli, Connor D. O’Rear, Emily McAulay, Nicole M. McNeil, James R. Brockmole
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Insitute for Psychology 2020-06-01
Series:Journal of Numerical Cognition
Subjects:
action
embodied cognition
hand placement
hand posture
stem education
mathematical learning and performance
Online Access:https://jnc.psychopen.eu/index.php/jnc/article/view/211

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