It has been argued that working memory is best conceived of as a system composed of a"
central executive" and various" slave systems" that function as information stores. It is …

Unities in the processes involved in solving arithmetic problems of varying operations have
been suggested by studies that have used both factor-analytic and information-processing …

In this paper, I provide a brief overview of the area of research known as cognitive or mental
arithmetic. The paper focuses especially on the chronometric, reaction time (RT) based …

During the 1960s there was a dramatic increase in the amount of both experimental and
theoretical work devoted to the topic of short-term memory. The field had become …

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 …

Investigated the effects of associative interference between single-digit addition and
multiplication problems. 6 university students served as Ss. Associative confusions (eg, 4+ …

Retrieval of basic arithmetic facts is a central aspect of almost any arithmetic performance.
Furthermore, the arithmetic facts provide an opportunity to study memory processes in the …

The idea that short-term memory is an important component of intelligence is not new. For
example, over a century ago James (1890) wrote,“All the intellectual value for us of a state of …

Three abacus-derived mental arithmetic experts were given various memory tasks. They had
a much larger digit span than the average, but their span for letters of the alphabet or fruit …

We begin with a simple observation: cognition requires memory. Every intelligent being has
some form of memory play a critical role in its higher cognitive function. This is true of any …