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Verbal and visual short-term memory predict performance in a multiplication production task: Evidence from a Malaysian sample.

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: = 230). Adults (age = 17-42) completed an online production-based multiplication-solving task, STM measures (verbal and visuospatial STM tasks), and a demographic survey. A mixed-model analysis found that verbal STM and visual STM predict multiplication performance, with lower span participants having longer reaction times during multiplication solving. Interestingly, we also observed the relationship between verbal STM and multiplication was moderated by interference, the impact of verbal STM was stronger in high-interference problems, while the visual STM-multiplication relation was moderated by problem size, high visual span participants took more advantage of their visual STM when presented with large size problems. Thus, our findings show that both verbal and visual STM in interaction with problem properties predict simple multiplication solving in adults. Hypotheses on the concrete mechanisms involved in these relationships are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

Source: Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie expérimentale

DOI: 10.1037/cep0000346

Authors: Mei Ling Soh, Javier García-Orza, Neil Russel Mennie, Alejandro J. Estudillo

Institutions: University of Nottingham, Universidad de Málaga, Bournemouth University

Language: English

Topic: Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills

Subfield: Statistics and Probability

Field: Mathematics

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação, Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia, Inovações e Comunicações

Awards: G2746827981, G3611071630