Arithmetic Task
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An Arithmetic Task is a computation task that requires the use of arithmetic operations.
- AKA: Numeracy Task.
- Context:
- It can be solved by an Arithmetic System (that applies an arithmetic algorithm).
- See: Numeracy Skill Level.
References
2014
- (Hugdahl et al., 2014) ⇒ Kenneth Hugdahl, Bjørn Rishovd Rund, Anders Lund, Arve Asbjørnsen, Jens Egeland, Lars Ersland, Nils Inge Landrø et al. (2014). “Brain Activation Measured with FMRI During a Mental Arithmetic Task in Schizophrenia and Major Depression." American Journal of Psychiatry
- QUOTE: An intact cognitive apparatus that involves attention, working memory, and executive functions is necessary for performance of mental arithmetic, such as simple addition or subtraction. Despite the importance of the ability to perform simple number calculations in everyday life, this basic cognitive function has not been the target of neurocognitive studies of psychiatric disorders. In the few studies that have investigated arithmetic ability, the tasks performed by subjects either were complex operations similar to those in the WAIS test battery for assessment of general intellectual ability (1, 2) or involved several arithmetic operations in the same study procedure (3). In none of these studies was the correspondence between performance and brain activation studied.
1985
- (EarleB, 1985) ⇒ Jonathan B. EarleB. (1985). “The Effects of Arithmetic Task Difficulty and Performance Level on EEG Alpha Asymmetry." Neuropsychologia 23, no. 2
- QUOTE: The effects of arithmetic task difficulty and performance level on ratio measures of parietal alpha asymmetry were evaluated. Sixteen subjects were given 14 visually presented problems varying in difficulty according to Thomas, Q Jl exp. Psychol. 15, 173-191, 1963. When the mean latencies for these problems were compared, problem data were averaged across four distinctly different levels.