In recent years, research has focused extensively on the learning, representation, and
processing of mathematical knowledge, and neuropsychological investigations have played …

Neuropsychologists actively examine and report cases of individuals who have experienced
brain damage because these cases offer unique insight into cognitive processes that …

The abstractness of cognitive representations and the extent to which mental processes
depend on the modality or format of stimulus inputs are central issues in cognition and …

The study of mental arithmetic provides an important interface between practical and
theoretical understanding of memory. On the practical side, the study of mental arithmetic is …

Canadian university students either of Chinese origin (CC) or non-Asian origin (NAC) and
Chinese university students educated in Asia (AC) solved simple-arithmetic problems in the …

The area of cognitive arithmetic is concerned with the mental representation of number and
arithmetic, and the processes and procedures that access and use this knowledge. In this …

We describe the standardization of three new tests of knowledge of quantity facts, number
operations and multiplication facts. We also report a validation study in which a group of 50 …

In 2 experiments, college Ss–practiced extensively on single-digit multiplication and division
problems (eg, ___= 6× 9; 42= ___× 6) and were tested on both practice problems and …

We reviewed the literature on the role of working memory in the solution of arithmetic
problems such as 3+ 4 or 345+ 29. The literature was neither comprehensive nor systematic …

The term “mathematics” derives from the Greek word mathéma (ie,“to learn”). The etymology
of the word captures a key aspect of this discipline: Mathematical knowledge is hierarchical …