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Simple arithmetic processing: the question of automaticity.

Natalie Jackson1, Jeffrey Coney

  • 1School of Psychology, Murdoch University, Murdoch 6150, Australia. n.jackson@murdoch.edu.au

Acta Psychologica
|April 13, 2005
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Simple arithmetic involves more than automatic recall; reaction times vary with problem complexity. This study used semantic priming to show automatic processing influences arithmetic performance, impacting cognitive research and education.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Educational Psychology

Background:

  • Automatic retrieval from memory is the assumed mechanism for simple arithmetic.
  • Reaction time increases with problem size, contradicting purely automatic models.
  • Previous research may have confounded automaticity with attentional processing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To reliably assess automatic processing in arithmetic.
  • To investigate the influence of semantic priming on arithmetic performance.
  • To examine factors affecting arithmetic response times.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a semantic word-priming procedure with a target-naming task.
  • Presented arithmetic problems as primes followed by target solutions.

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  • Measured naming times at various stimulus onset asynchronies (SOAs).

    • Main Results:

    • Facilitation in naming times for congruent targets at 240 and 1000 ms SOAs.
    • Inhibition in naming times for incongruent targets at 120 and 240 ms SOAs.
    • Response times correlated with arithmetic fluency and problem size.

    Conclusions:

    • Automatic processing significantly influences simple arithmetic performance.
    • Arithmetic fluency and problem size are key determinants of response times.
    • Findings have implications for cognitive models and educational strategies in mathematics.