The purpose of this meta-analysis was to determine the relation between mathematics and
working memory (WM) and to identify possible moderators of this relation including domains …

Outside the cognitive psychologist's laboratory, problem-solving is an activity that takes
place in a rich web of interactions involving people and artefacts. This interactivity is …

This article discusses the Distributed Language Approach (DLA) vis-à-vis Dialogism, as it is
presented by Per Linell (2009, 2013, etc.). DLA is a naturalistic and anti-representational …

Two experiments examined whether different task ecologies influenced insight problem
solving. The 17 animals problem was employed, a pure insight problem. Its initial …

Abstract Models of creative problem solving are predicated upon mental states to explain
everything from the outcome of problem‐solving experiments to the emergence of artistic …

Research on insight problem solving sets itself a challenging goal: How to explain the origin
of a new idea. It compounds the difficulty of this challenge by traditionally seeking to explain …

Performance on the triangle of coins problem was observed when participants could
physically change the configuration of the problem as they explored potential solutions …

Doing long sums in the absence of complementary actions or artefacts is a multistep
procedure that quickly taxes working memory; congesting the phonological loop further …

Successful statistical reasoning emerges from a dynamic system including: a cognitive
agent, material artifacts with their actions possibilities, and the thoughts and actions that are …

Math anxiety impedes performance in simple arithmetic tasks. Anxiety constrains working
memory capacity and particularly the attentional functions of the central executive. The …