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The involvement of working memory in mental arithmetic problem solving: the case of dyscalculia

To solve arithmetic problems, humans need to deal with several pieces of information. The working memory system actively stores and manipulates information. For this reason, it seems plausible that this system is involved in solving arithmetic …

Facial Memory: The Role of the Pre-Existing Knowledge in Face Processing and Recognition

Faces are visual stimuli full of information. Depending upon the familiarity with a face, the information we can extract will differ, so the more familiarity with a face, the more information that can be extracted from it. The present article reviews …

Masked transposition effects for simple versus complex nonalphanumeric objects

When two letters/digits/symbols are switched in a string (e.g., jugde–judge; 1492–1942; *?$&–*$?&), the resulting strings are perceptually similar to each other and produce a sizable masked transposition priming effect with the masked priming …