Differences between oral and written calculation: evidence from cognitive neuropsychology from six brain-damaged patients
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El estudio de pacientes con daño cerebral adquirido
pone de manifiesto la existencia de varias dobles disociaciones en el
sistema de cálculo. En este trabajo nos centramos en la doble disociación
observada entre cálculo oral y cálculo escrito. Método: Instrumento: Batería
de Evaluación del Procesamiento Numérico y Cálculo. Participantes: Seis
pacientes con daño cerebral adquirido que presentan distintas alteraciones
en el procesamiento de los números y el cálculo. Análisis de los datos: Diferencia
de proporciones. Resultados: MC y BET presentan alterado el cálculo
escrito pero conservan el cálculo oral (suma, resta y multiplicación). Lo
mismo sucede a MNL en suma y multiplicación y a PP en la resta. El patrón
inverso, se observa en IRS y ACH con alteraciones en cálculo escrito y
preservación del oral (en multiplicación y resta, respectivamente). Conclusiones:
Los resultados ponen de manifiesto la independencia funcional entre
cálculo oral y escrito. Esto podría indicar que el sistema de cálculo no es
un todo unitario responsable de cualquier tarea de cálculo, sino que posiblemente
sea un sistema multicomponencial en el que intervendrían distintos
procesos y de diferente naturaleza.
The study of patients with acquired brain injury shows the existence of several double dissociations in the calculation system. In this paper, we focus on the double dissociation observed between oral and written calculation. Method: Instrument: Battery of Evaluation and Numerical Processing and Calculation. Participants: Six patients with acquired brain injury who have different alterations in the processing of numbers and calculations. Data analysis: Difference of proportions. Results: MC and BET have impaired the written calculation but they preserve oral calculation (addition, subtraction and multiplication). The same is observed in MNL for addition and multiplication and in PP for subtraction. The reverse pattern is observed in IRS and ACH who have alterations in written calculation but preserve oral calculation (in multiplication and subtraction, respectively). Conclusions: The results demonstrate the functional independence of oral and written calculation. This could indicate that the calculation system is not unitary and responsible for any calculation task, but a multi-componential system involving different processes and of a different nature
The study of patients with acquired brain injury shows the existence of several double dissociations in the calculation system. In this paper, we focus on the double dissociation observed between oral and written calculation. Method: Instrument: Battery of Evaluation and Numerical Processing and Calculation. Participants: Six patients with acquired brain injury who have different alterations in the processing of numbers and calculations. Data analysis: Difference of proportions. Results: MC and BET have impaired the written calculation but they preserve oral calculation (addition, subtraction and multiplication). The same is observed in MNL for addition and multiplication and in PP for subtraction. The reverse pattern is observed in IRS and ACH who have alterations in written calculation but preserve oral calculation (in multiplication and subtraction, respectively). Conclusions: The results demonstrate the functional independence of oral and written calculation. This could indicate that the calculation system is not unitary and responsible for any calculation task, but a multi-componential system involving different processes and of a different nature
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Salguero Alcañiz, M.P., Alameda Bailén, J.R.: "Differences between oral and written calculation: evidence from cognitive neuropsychology from six brain-damaged patients". Anales de Psicología. Vol. 30, n. 2 (mayo), págs. 684-690 (2014). ISSN 0212-9728














