DIGIT AND SHAPE-MEMORY FUNCTION IN SOROBAN LEARNERS - ARE SOROBAN LEARNERS SUPERIOR IN GENERAL

Authors
KAWAKAMI A
Citation
A. Kawakami, DIGIT AND SHAPE-MEMORY FUNCTION IN SOROBAN LEARNERS - ARE SOROBAN LEARNERS SUPERIOR IN GENERAL, Perceptual and motor skills, 81(1), 1995, pp. 75-80
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Experimental
Journal title
Perceptual and motor skills → ACNP
ISSN journal
00315125
Volume
81
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
75 - 80
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-5125(1995)81:1<75:DASFIS>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
The memory function of 15 soroban learners and 13 novices was examined on visual memory tasks. Analysis showed soroban learners were superio r in performance of digit recall but not of shape recall. This result stems to reflect the tendency for soroban groups to be better in proce ssing some kinds of spatial than categorical properties. Based upon th ese results, effects of soroban learning on brain function were discus sed.