ICPS
2019 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2019
When World Knowledge Tricks Memory: Recognition Task Reveals Differences in the Semantic Encoding of Arithmetic Word Problems
- Hippolyte Gros
University Paris Descartes - Hippolyte Gros
IDEA Lab, University of Gevena - Jean-Pierre Thibaut
LEAD, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté - Emmanuel Sander
IDEA Lab, University of Gevena
Abstract
Depending on the non-mathematical world knowledge evoked by a problem statement, different mathematical relations can be made salient in the encoded representation. We tested this hypothesis with a problem recognition task following a problem solving task. Participants’ performance varied depending on the world knowledge imbued in the problems.
Learning and Memory
