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01-07-2007 | Original Article

The role of working memory in carrying and borrowing

Auteurs: Ineke Imbo, André Vandierendonck, Evie Vergauwe

Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research | Uitgave 4/2007

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The present study analyzed the role of phonological and executive components of working memory in the borrow operation in complex subtractions (Experiments 1 and 2) and in the carry operation in complex multiplications (Experiments 3 and 4). The number of carry and borrow operations as well as the value of the carry were manipulated. Results indicated that both the number of carry/borrow operations and the value of the carry increased problem difficulty, resulting in higher reliance on phonological and executive working-memory components. Present results are compared with those obtained for the carry operation in complex addition and are further discussed in the broader framework of working-memory functions.

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Recently, a first attempt in this direction was made in an unpublished study in our lab. Complex multiplications (e.g., 16×8) were presented visually on which participants had to provide an oral response as soon as they had calculated the product. Phonological WM was loaded by presenting a five-letter string which participants had to repeat subvocally while calculating. An effect of phonological WM load was observed on accuracies but not on latencies. More specifically, accuracies tended to be lower under phonological WM load than in the control condition [t(19)=1.56; p=0.07; one-tailed]. Future research may elaborate on this issue.

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Titel: The role of working memory in carrying and borrowing
Auteurs: Ineke Imbo
André Vandierendonck
Evie Vergauwe
Publicatiedatum: 01-07-2007
Uitgeverij: Springer-Verlag
Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research / Uitgave 4/2007
Print ISSN: 0340-0727
Elektronisch ISSN: 1430-2772
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-006-0044-8

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