A concurrent-task methodology was used to investigate relations between the availability of
aspects of working memory resources and both strategy selection and execution while …

Mental calculation is an important everyday skill involving access to well-learned
procedures, problem solving, and working memory. Although there is an active literature on …

The role of executive and phonological working memory resources in simple arithmetic was
investigated in two experiments. Participants had to solve simple multiplication problems …

The current study investigated the role of the central executive and the phonological loop in
arithmetic strategies to solve simple addition problems (Experiment 1) and simple …

A series of experiments explored the role of information storage in working memory in
performing mental arithmetic. Experiment 1 assessed the strategies people report for solving …

A dual-task methodology was used to investigate the roles played by executive and
phonological aspects of working memory in mental arithmetic. Experiment 1 showed that …

Participants practiced a set of complex multiplication problems (eg, 3× 18) in a pre-
/postpractice design. Before, during, and after practice, the participants gave self-reports of …

Educated adults solve simple addition problems primarily by direct memory retrieval, as
opposed to by counting or other procedural strategies, but they report using retrieval …

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 …

Two complimentary topics are of special interest in the study of cognitive skills, first the
involvement of working memory resources in successful performance, and second the role …