Cross-Operation Transfer of Mental Arithmetic Skill

1992 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy C. Rickard ◽  
Lyle E. Bourne
1992 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 915-918 ◽  
Author(s):  
Attila Szabo ◽  
Lise Gauvin

Mental arithmetic performance before, during, and following low (40% maximal heart-rate reserve; ≈ 90 watts exercise for 15 min.) and moderate (60% maximal heart-rate reserve; ≈ 150 watts exercise for 10 min.) intensity cycling by 20 male students ( M age = 28.1 yr.) was studied. Subjects were grouped, by using a median-split on their total mathematical performance scores, into a group of 10 low in arithmetic skill and a group of 10 high in arithmetic skill. The numbers and percentages of right answers to 1-min. mathematical problem-sets of either group were not different in the various conditions, suggesting that 25 min. of progressive cycling exercise did not influence mathematical problem-solving efficacy.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anil Kumar Bheemaiah

In a sequel to the paper on small number primality detection by mental arithmetic.In this paper, we consider primality detection of four digit prime numbers, leading next to larger six digit and eight digit numbers, optionally scaled to arbitrary sized numbers. Several mental arithmetic techniques as mental arithmetic exercises from literature are cited, towards effective primality detection, by mental arithmetic only.The “large primes” mental arithmetic skill is developed both as a web based UI and as a UI based on slack, using the Wolfram Alpha nd Wolfram API , for primality testing and for Easter Eggs on prime numbers.Keywords: ASD, prime number determination, autistic savants, mathematical testing, Alexa Skills, learning and Cognition, Rabin-Miller test, Lucas test, fermat primes.


Author(s):  
Akira Yoshizama ◽  
Hiroyuki Nishiyama ◽  
Hirotoshi Iwasaki ◽  
Fumio Mizoguchi

In their study, the authors sought to generate rules for cognitive distractions of car drivers using data from a driving simulation environment. They collected drivers' eye-movement and driving data from 18 research participants using a simulator. Each driver drove the same 15-minute course two times. The first drive was normal driving (no-load driving), and the second drive was driving with a mental arithmetic task (load driving), which the authors defined as cognitive-distraction driving. To generate rules of distraction driving using a machine-learning tool, they transformed the data at constant time intervals to generate qualitative data for learning. Finally, the authors generated rules using a Support Vector Machine (SVM).


1991 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. S455
Author(s):  
Sverker Jern ◽  
M. Pilhall ◽  
C. Jern

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Cheng Chen ◽  
Yizhen Wen ◽  
Shaoyang Cui ◽  
Xiangao Qi ◽  
Zhenhong Liu ◽  
...  

This paper presents a multichannel functional continuous-wave near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) system, which collects data under a dual-level light intensity mode to optimize SNR for channels with multiple source-detector separations. This system is applied to classify different cortical activation states of the prefrontal cortex (PFC). Mental arithmetic, digit span, semantic task, and rest state were selected as four mental tasks. A deep forest algorithm is employed to achieve high classification accuracy. By employing multigrained scanning to fNIRS data, this system can extract the structural features and result in higher performance. The proposed system with proper optimization can achieve 86.9% accuracy on the self-built dataset, which is the highest result compared to the existing systems.


1992 ◽  
Vol 71 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1347-1356 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Talbot ◽  
M. Pépin ◽  
M. Loranger

The effects of practicing computerized exercises in class by 59 learning disabled students who received an 8-hr. training program, 30 min. per week, were evaluated. Six exercises designed to facilitate basic cognitive skills development were used. Twelve subjects were assigned to a control group without any form of intervention. Covariance analysis (pretest scores used as covariates) showed a significant effect of training on mental arithmetic. These results suggest that practicing a computerized exercise of mental arithmetic can facilitate the automatization of basic arithmetic skills (addition, subtraction, and multiplication). The nature, progress, and evaluation of such types of intervention are discussed.


1966 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 287-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacques LeBlanc ◽  
Pierre Potvin

It was possible to produce habituation to cold in a group of human subjects by immersing the left hand in cold water for [Formula: see text] minutes twice a day for 19 days. The right hand did not adapt. Another group of subjects was exposed similarly with the difference that an anxiety test (mental arithmetic test) was always given simultaneously with the cold-water test. In this second group the original blood pressure response, i.e. for the first day, was greater than in the first group because of the cumulative effects of the two tests. After 19 days definite evidence was obtained for adaptation to these two tests administered together. However, when these tests were given separately to the second group, no adaptation was evident; adaptation occurred only to both tests given simultaneously. These results indicate that no adaptation develops to cold per se if the subjects are distracted from cold discomfort. It was also found that adaptation of one hand to cold water not only failed to induce adaptation in the opposite hand but even reinforced responses of the unadapted hand. These findings suggest a participation of the central nervous system in adaptation to cold pain, and tend to minimize the importance of local peripheral changes.


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