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Relational Priming Based on a Multiplicative Schema for Whole Numbers and Fractions
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DeWolf, Melissa; Son, Ji Y.; Bassok, Miriam; Holyoak, Keith J. – Cognitive Science, 2017
Why might it be (at least sometimes) beneficial for adults to process fractions componentially? Recent research has shown that college-educated adults can capitalize on the bipartite structure of the fraction notation, performing more successfully with fractions than with decimals in relational tasks, notably analogical reasoning. This study…
Descriptors: Priming, Multiplication, Number Concepts, Fractions
Operator Priming and Generalization of Practice in Adults' Simple Arithmetic
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Chen, Yalin; Campbell, Jamie I. D. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2016
There is a renewed debate about whether educated adults solve simple addition problems (e.g., 2 + 3) by direct fact retrieval or by fast, automatic counting-based procedures. Recent research testing adults' simple addition and multiplication showed that a 150-ms preview of the operator (+ or ×) facilitated addition, but not multiplication,…
Descriptors: Adults, Priming, Arithmetic, Addition
A Brighter Side to Memory Illusions: False Memories Prime Children's and Adults' Insight-Based Problem Solving
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Howe, Mark L.; Garner, Sarah R.; Charlesworth, Monica; Knott, Lauren – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2011
Can false memories have a positive consequence on human cognition? In two experiments, we investigated whether false memories could prime insight problem-solving tasks. Children and adults were asked to solve compound remote associate task (CRAT) problems, half of which had been primed by the presentation of Deese/Roediger-McDermott (DRM) lists…
Descriptors: Memory, Experiments, Problem Solving, Children
The Use of Procedural Knowledge in Simple Addition and Subtraction Problems
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Fayol, Michel; Thevenot, Catherine – Cognition, 2012
In a first experiment, adults were asked to solve one-digit additions, subtractions and multiplications. When the sign appeared 150 ms before the operands, addition and subtraction were solved faster than when the sign and the operands appeared simultaneously on screen. This priming effect was not observed for multiplication problems. A second…
Descriptors: Priming, Memory, Subtraction, Multiplication
Can False Memories Prime Problem Solutions?
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Howe, Mark L.; Garner, Sarah R.; Dewhurst, Stephen A.; Ball, Linden J. – Cognition, 2010
Previous research has suggested that false memories can prime performance on related implicit and explicit memory tasks. The present research examined whether false memories can also be used to prime higher order cognitive processes, namely, insight-based problem solving. Participants were asked to solve a number of compound remote associate task…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Memory, Cognitive Processes, Experiments
Problem Variables that Promote Incubation Effects
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Penney, Catherine G.; Godsell, Annette; Scott, Annette; Balsom, Rod – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2004
Three studies sought to determine whether incubation effects could be reliably generated in a problem-solving task. Experimental variables manipulated were the duration of the interval between two problem-solving opportunities and the activity performed by the problem solvers during the interval. A multisolution anagram task was used which…
Descriptors: Priming, Intervals, Problem Solving, Creative Thinking