Adult counting is resource demanding
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9619676 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Valérie Camos (0000-0002-4230-2766, Délégation Paris 5), Pierre Barrouillet (0000-0001-5102-1547, Université de Bourgogne) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 95 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 19-30 |
| Publication date | 2004-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1269 • E-ISSN: 2044-8295 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1348/000712604322779433 |
| PMID | 15005865 |
| OpenAlex | W1981855075 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Several recent studies on both the development of counting and working‐memory span tasks have provided results that could be interpreted as ruling out any cognitive resource model for counting. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that, even in adults, counting is a demanding task that requires the allocation of cognitive resources. In a first experiment, we asked adults to count arrays of dots while maintaining 5 items in memory (either digits or letters). As we predicted, the concurrent memory load did not increase the rate of errors but induced longer counting times. In a second experiment, we asked adults to count using either the numeric chain or the alphabet while they maintained 1, 3 or 5 items in memory (digits or letters). First, we replicated the load effect observed in Experiment 1. Second, though both types of counting required similar amounts of time, counting with the less automatized chain (i.e. the alphabet) resulted in a poorer recall performance. Finally, this detrimental effect in recall was all the more pronounced the greater the number of items to be recalled. These results are interpreted within theoretical frameworks that consider cognitive resources as attentional capacities
Alphabet · Arithmetic · Cognition · Cognitive Load · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive resource theory · Free recall · Memory span · Recall · Resource (disambiguation) · Statistics · Task (project management) · Test (biology) · Working memory · Computer Science · Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning · Mathematics · Memory Processes and Influences · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.38 |
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| Citation span | 2018 - 2024 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |