Inhibition's role in arithmetic fact retrieval may be limited to atypically developing children¶

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q2 i? The authors propose that inhibition may matter for arithmetic fact retrieval in children with mathematical disabilities but not in typically developing children, an interpretation consistent with mixed prior findings. → Bellon E 2016

Evidence¶

Bellon E 2016¶

Bellon E, Fias W and De Smedt B (2016) Are Individual Differences in Arithmetic Fact Retrieval in Children Related to Inhibition? Front. Psychol. 7:825. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00825

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Authors' interpretation in the Discussion, contrasting their null result in typically developing children with Szucs et al.'s dyscalculia findings; they note other studies in mathematical disabilities found no association either.

"Indeed, it is possible that inhibition has a role in arithmetic fact retrieval in children with mathematical disabilities but not in typically developing children, which could explain the diﬀerences between the results of Szucs et al. (2013) and the current study."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

Arithmetic Fact Retrieval — outcome: instruction changes it

Cognitive inhibition is not significantly associated with arithmetic fact retrieval in typically developing third graders — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
Inhibition does not uniquely predict arithmetic fact retrieval above numerical magnitude processing — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
Symbolic numerical magnitude processing is a powerful unique predictor of arithmetic fact retrieval — related
Teacher-rated inhibition (BRIEF) does not correlate with stroop-based cognitive inhibition measures — related
No significant independent relationship was found between inhibition and factual knowledge of arithmetic in either children or adults — related

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`title`	`Inhibition's role in arithmetic fact retrieval may be limited to atypically developing children`
`description`	`Inhibition's role in arithmetic fact retrieval may be limited to atypically developing children`
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`evidence_strength`	`weak`
`newest_evidence`	`2016`
`generated`	by `process:wiki-ingest` on `2026-10-17`
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