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RESEARCH PRODUCT

When outstanding mathematicians cannot figure out that 14 – 2 = 12

Hippolyte GrosEmmanuel SanderJean-pierre Thibaut

subject

Outstanding mathematicians[SCCO.NEUR]Cognitive science/Neuroscience[SCCO.NEUR] Cognitive science/NeuroscienceMathematicsofComputing_GENERAL[MATH] Mathematics [math][MATH]Mathematics [math]

description

International audience; We investigated what happens when non-mathematical knowledge interferes with mathematical knowledge in arithmetic word problem solving. Adults and expert mathematicians had to evaluate the solutions of basic additive problems. The non-mathematical knowledge evoked by the problems hindered both populations’ success rates and response times when incongruent with the solving algorithm.

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