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The role of short-term working memory in mental arithmetic☆

Graham J. Hitch
- 01 Jul 1978 - 
- Vol. 10, Iss: 3, pp 302-323
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The authors explored the role of information storage in working memory in performing mental arithmetic and showed that interim information is forgotten if it is not utilized immediately, and that forgetting increases as a function of the number of calculation stages intervening between initial presentation and subsequent utilization of information.
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This article is published in Cognitive Psychology.The article was published on 1978-07-01. It has received 417 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Forgetting & Short-term memory.

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Individual differences in working memory and reading

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The relationships among working memory, math anxiety, and performance.

TL;DR: Overall, the results demonstrated that an individual difference variable, math anxiety, affects on-line performance in math-related tasks and that this effect is a transitory disruption of working memory.
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Nonparametric Statistical Methods

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Time required for judgements of numerical inequality.

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