Mathematics Students Demonstrate Superior Visuo-Spatial Working Memory to Humanities Students Under Conditions of Low Central Executive Processing Load

Mathematics Students Demonstrate Superior Visuo-Spatial Working Memory to Humanities Students Under Conditions of Low Central Executive Processing Load

Previous research has demonstrated that working memory performance is linked to mathematics achievement. Most previous studies have involved children and arithmetic rather than more advanced forms of mathematics. This study compared the performance of groups of adult mathematics and humanities stude...

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Main Authors: Paula Jane Hubber, Camilla Gilmore, Lucy Cragg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Insitute for Psychology 2019-08-01
Series:Journal of Numerical Cognition
Subjects:
visuo-spatial working memory
adult mathematics
mathematical cognition
visuo-spatial short-term memory
endogenous attention
Online Access:http://jnc.psychopen.eu/article/view/175

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