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The Role of Executive Functions in Symbolic and Situational Mathematical Abilities
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Omid Khatin-Zadeh; Hassan Banaruee; Danyal Farsani – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2025
In this paper, we discuss the role of executive functions in shifting between symbolic and situational mathematical representations. Through the process of inhibition, an abstract representation is separated from concrete features and represented in terms of abstract symbols. This is a shift from a situational representation to a symbolic one.…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Mathematical Aptitude, Cognitive Processes, Orthographic Symbols