Inhibiting intuitive rules in a geometry comparison task: Do age level and math achievement matter?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2019.05.003
Abstract: Many people apply the "larger area-larger perimeter" rule to solve the perimeter comparison problems, even in situations where this intuitive rule is misleading. To investigate whether inhibitory control is needed in the perimeter comparison reasoning… read more here.
Keywords: comparison task; geometry; comparison; perimeter comparison ... See more keywords