Applied Cognitive Psychology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2023
The current study highlights the importance of inhibitory ability in facilitating performance in ... more The current study highlights the importance of inhibitory ability in facilitating performance in mathematics. To understand the role of inhibition in mathematical knowledge, this study tested 102 college students on a series of standardized complex
math exercises. Inhibition tasks varied by task and stimuli (letters, numbers, and
arrows). The result showed stronger associations between math abilities and strength
of inhibition with more inhibition found for the flanker task (involving inhibition of
peripheral stimuli) than for the Navon task (requiring inhibition of a potential
response). The results supported the view that Inhibition in general (which is not
unique to numerical stimuli) is associated with math abilities. General, rather than
specific inhibition was associated with math abilities and finally, speed of processing
masked the relationship between math and inhibition. These results confirm the
assumption that the relation between inhibition and math performance is modulated
by the task that measures the inhibition, and by additional predictors such as processing speed.
Current scholarly literature underlines the importance of non-math specific cognitive skills to u... more Current scholarly literature underlines the importance of non-math specific cognitive skills to understand the etiology of mathematical disorder. Inhibition is one of the main cognitive skills that were examined in this context, although the results of these studies, whether addressing inhibition as a general or as a specific mechanism, have been inconclusive. The present study examines the correlation between inhibition ability, both as a general and as a specific mechanism, and arithmetic ability among healthy (n=101) and adult (ages 20-35) population. This wide sample of healthy population allows examining the “pure” correlation, without having to consider the possibility of compensation mechanisms arising from disability. Since deficiency in inhibition ability is one of the main causes of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), the correlations between attention measurements and mathematical ability was examined in order to inspect the possibility that this parameter is a common cause that might explain the co-morbidity between ADHD and Developmental Dyscalculia (DD). Furthermore, since inhibition is considered a possible common cause to the co-morbidity between Reading Disability (RD) and ADHD, and between RD and DD, the correlation between reading and math ability, and between reading and inhibition ability, was examined as well.
Applied Cognitive Psychology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2023
The current study highlights the importance of inhibitory ability in facilitating performance in ... more The current study highlights the importance of inhibitory ability in facilitating performance in mathematics. To understand the role of inhibition in mathematical knowledge, this study tested 102 college students on a series of standardized complex
math exercises. Inhibition tasks varied by task and stimuli (letters, numbers, and
arrows). The result showed stronger associations between math abilities and strength
of inhibition with more inhibition found for the flanker task (involving inhibition of
peripheral stimuli) than for the Navon task (requiring inhibition of a potential
response). The results supported the view that Inhibition in general (which is not
unique to numerical stimuli) is associated with math abilities. General, rather than
specific inhibition was associated with math abilities and finally, speed of processing
masked the relationship between math and inhibition. These results confirm the
assumption that the relation between inhibition and math performance is modulated
by the task that measures the inhibition, and by additional predictors such as processing speed.
Current scholarly literature underlines the importance of non-math specific cognitive skills to u... more Current scholarly literature underlines the importance of non-math specific cognitive skills to understand the etiology of mathematical disorder. Inhibition is one of the main cognitive skills that were examined in this context, although the results of these studies, whether addressing inhibition as a general or as a specific mechanism, have been inconclusive. The present study examines the correlation between inhibition ability, both as a general and as a specific mechanism, and arithmetic ability among healthy (n=101) and adult (ages 20-35) population. This wide sample of healthy population allows examining the “pure” correlation, without having to consider the possibility of compensation mechanisms arising from disability. Since deficiency in inhibition ability is one of the main causes of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), the correlations between attention measurements and mathematical ability was examined in order to inspect the possibility that this parameter is a common cause that might explain the co-morbidity between ADHD and Developmental Dyscalculia (DD). Furthermore, since inhibition is considered a possible common cause to the co-morbidity between Reading Disability (RD) and ADHD, and between RD and DD, the correlation between reading and math ability, and between reading and inhibition ability, was examined as well.
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math exercises. Inhibition tasks varied by task and stimuli (letters, numbers, and
arrows). The result showed stronger associations between math abilities and strength
of inhibition with more inhibition found for the flanker task (involving inhibition of
peripheral stimuli) than for the Navon task (requiring inhibition of a potential
response). The results supported the view that Inhibition in general (which is not
unique to numerical stimuli) is associated with math abilities. General, rather than
specific inhibition was associated with math abilities and finally, speed of processing
masked the relationship between math and inhibition. These results confirm the
assumption that the relation between inhibition and math performance is modulated
by the task that measures the inhibition, and by additional predictors such as processing speed.
math exercises. Inhibition tasks varied by task and stimuli (letters, numbers, and
arrows). The result showed stronger associations between math abilities and strength
of inhibition with more inhibition found for the flanker task (involving inhibition of
peripheral stimuli) than for the Navon task (requiring inhibition of a potential
response). The results supported the view that Inhibition in general (which is not
unique to numerical stimuli) is associated with math abilities. General, rather than
specific inhibition was associated with math abilities and finally, speed of processing
masked the relationship between math and inhibition. These results confirm the
assumption that the relation between inhibition and math performance is modulated
by the task that measures the inhibition, and by additional predictors such as processing speed.