Cognitive arithmetic: A review of data and theory

1992/01/01 by Mark H. Ashcraft · 757 citations
Mathematics · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Arithmetic #Cognition #Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills #Cognitive architecture #Cognitive psychology #Cognitive science #Computer science #Mathematics #Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques #Numerical cognition #Programming language #Psychology #Reading and Literacy Development #Representation (politics) #Set (abstract data type)

paper · doi:10.1016/0010-0277(92)90051-i

published in Cognition 44(1-2), 75-106 (Elsevier BV)

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