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Sequential effects influence strategy selection and execution in arithmetic, changing with age. These findings highlight the role of executive control in cognitive processes across adulthood.

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Neuroscience
Developmental Psychology

Background:

Sequential effects impact cognitive task performance by influencing current strategy use based on prior experiences.
Understanding age-related changes in strategy use is crucial for cognitive theories of aging and executive function.

Purpose of the Study:

To review new findings on how sequential effects modulate age-related changes in strategic variations during arithmetic.
To examine how strategy selection and execution are influenced by preceding problem-solving in adulthood.

Main Methods:

Review of recent research on sequential effects in arithmetic strategy selection and execution.
Analysis of age-related differences in phenomena like strategy revisions, perseverations, switch costs, and poorer strategy modulations.

Main Results:

Sequential effects, including strategy revisions and perseverations, significantly influence arithmetic strategy selection across adulthood.
Strategy execution shows age-related changes in switch costs and modulations of poorer strategy effects due to sequential influences.
Executive control plays a key role in mediating these age-related sequential effects in arithmetic.

Conclusions:

Sequential effects are critical for understanding age-related shifts in cognitive strategies, particularly in arithmetic.
These findings have implications for theories of strategy use, arithmetic cognition, and executive functions in aging adults.