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Post #193,913
by drewk
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2/10/05 1:30:26 AM
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New Not what I was thinking
I would say it makes a better case that there's a correlation between short-term memory and mathematical ability, which wouldn't have assumed.
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Post #193,915
by ben_tilly
2/10/05 1:46:32 AM
2/10/05 7:30:38 AM
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New That flaw is secondary
Besides it isn't even a correlation between math and short term memory. It is a correlation between math problems which require juggling a lot of data and short term memory. Note that the "juggling a lot of data" is a short term memory exercise.

Personally I believe that good short term memory is going to help in a lot of test situations. For a random example, on a verbal test you can read a passage and remember more of it as you answer questions.

Cheers,
Ben

PS Note that they didn't assume that there was a correlation between short-term memory and performance on the test. They measured that there was with their low-pressure test.
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Expand Edited by ben_tilly Feb. 10, 2005, 07:30:38 AM EST
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     Spot the flaw in the research - (ben_tilly) - (27) - Feb. 10, 2005, 12:08:10 AM EST
         Not what I was thinking - (drewk) - (1) - Feb. 10, 2005, 01:30:26 AM EST
             That flaw is secondary - (ben_tilly) - Feb. 10, 2005, 07:30:38 AM EST
         Ummm , why . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (14) - Feb. 10, 2005, 04:16:00 AM EST
             "good astrologer" - (pwhysall) - (10) - Feb. 10, 2005, 04:58:35 AM EST
                 Don't laugh. They exist. I've met some. - (ben_tilly) - (9) - Feb. 10, 2005, 07:29:15 AM EST
                     I'll reserve judgement, then... - (pwhysall) - (1) - Feb. 10, 2005, 07:38:04 AM EST
                         Interesting "reserve" - (ben_tilly) - Feb. 10, 2005, 08:42:22 AM EST
                     A fun one with a card reader. - (Andrew Grygus) - Feb. 10, 2005, 01:27:16 PM EST
                     Seconded. Again. - (Ashton) - Feb. 10, 2005, 11:06:16 PM EST
                     So, a good astrologer == a psychologist, with props. -NT - (Meerkat) - (4) - Feb. 11, 2005, 11:02:37 PM EST
                         Not so much props . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - Feb. 11, 2005, 11:22:47 PM EST
                             Sounds like the I Ching, too. -NT - (admin) - (1) - Feb. 11, 2005, 11:26:06 PM EST
                                 No doubt. -NT - (Andrew Grygus) - Feb. 12, 2005, 12:35:20 AM EST
                         so rosarche tests are "props?" - (daemon) - Feb. 12, 2005, 12:03:01 AM EST
             Because it was on /.? - (ben_tilly) - (2) - Feb. 10, 2005, 08:41:11 AM EST
                 I once had a professor - (bionerd) - (1) - Feb. 10, 2005, 09:40:32 AM EST
                     Indeed - (Ashton) - Feb. 10, 2005, 11:17:07 PM EST
         first off they didnt describe how they came to - (daemon) - (9) - Feb. 10, 2005, 08:16:54 PM EST
             I'd consider that fairly obvious - (ben_tilly) - (8) - Feb. 10, 2005, 08:37:47 PM EST
                 thanks, it is obvious and I missed it :-) -NT - (daemon) - (7) - Feb. 10, 2005, 08:39:08 PM EST
                     Items daemon can hold in memory < 1 -NT - (drewk) - (6) - Feb. 11, 2005, 12:09:30 PM EST
                         Not true - (ben_tilly) - (5) - Feb. 11, 2005, 03:56:14 PM EST
                             Apparently not enough, though. -NT - (inthane-chan) - (4) - Feb. 11, 2005, 03:59:34 PM EST
                                 never enough, however I have met Reuben Pecarve - (daemon) - (3) - Feb. 11, 2005, 10:43:57 PM EST
                                     That isn't short-term memory - (ben_tilly) - Feb. 12, 2005, 02:14:47 AM EST
                                     I'm referring to the recent TMI violation... :D -NT - (inthane-chan) - (1) - Feb. 12, 2005, 09:28:12 AM EST
                                         what? A perfect line about cuddling - (daemon) - Feb. 12, 2005, 06:21:32 PM EST

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