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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • The split effect describes how numerical distance influences problem-solving strategies.
  • Understanding the cognitive and neural underpinnings of exact versus approximate calculation strategies is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between the split effect and the use of exact versus approximate strategies in complex two-digit subtraction.
  • To examine the behavioral and neural correlates of these strategy choices.

Main Methods:

  • Participants solved two-digit subtraction problems with small-split (answers ±2 or ±5 from 50) and large-split (answers ±10 or ±15 from 50) characteristics.
  • Performance measures included reaction time and accuracy.
  • High temporal resolution event-related potentials (ERPs) were recorded.

Main Results:

  • Behaviorally, small-split problems resulted in longer reaction times and lower accuracy compared to large-split problems.
  • Event-related potential data indicated more negative and lateralized waves at frontal and central sites for small-split problems, emerging as early as 250 ms.
  • These findings align with previous research on the split effect.

Conclusions:

  • Participants employed exact strategies for small-split subtraction problems and approximate strategies for large-split problems.
  • The study elucidates the distinct neural mechanisms associated with exact and approximate calculation strategies in subtraction tasks.
  • Results contribute to a deeper understanding of cognitive strategy selection in numerical cognition.