Two experiments tested an identical elements model of the organization of basic arithmetic
skills (TC Rickard, AF Healy, & LE Bourne, 1994). This model assumes a distinct abstract …

GP, a Korsakoff s amnesic, was able to learn an algorithm for squaring two-digit numbers
mentally over a 7-day period at a rate comparable to that of age-matched controls. He failed …

Experiments are reported which address the nature of the working memory system.
Articulatory suppression (continuous recital of the digits 1 to 4) disrupted concurrent …

There are a number of ways one can hope to describe and explain cognitive abilities, each
of them contributing a unique and valuable perspective. Cognitive psychology tries to …

Sixty young and 60 elderly adults completed a pencil-and-paper addition test and solved 40
computer-presented simple addition problems. Strategies and problem solution times were …

Our ability to perform arithmetic relies heavily on working memory, the manipulation and
maintenance of information in mind. Previous research has found that in adults, procedural …

In 1927, Jersild found that alternately subtracting 3 from a two-digit number and giving the
common opposite to a word in a mixed list of numbers and words was faster than the …

Two experiments are reported in which subjects performed working memory and
enumeration tasks. In the first experiment, subjects scoring low on the working memory task …

Two experiments were conducted to determine whether adult age differences in working
memory should be attributed to less efficient processing, a smaller working memory storage …

EPAM is a theory of the processes of human perception and memory, first programmed for a
computer by EA Feigenbaum in 1959, that has shown an excellent fit to experimental data …