An EEG Study of a Confusing State Induced by Information Insufficiency during Mathematical Problem-Solving and Reasoning

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:12.42em"/><col style="width:10.19em"/><col style="width:6.85em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Task type</td><td class="align_center">Feature</td><td class="align_center">Example</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Simple addition (SA)</td><td class="align_center">2-digit numbers with 1 carry</td><td class="align_center">88 + 51 = ?</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Complex addition (CA)</td><td class="align_center">3-digit numbers with 2 carries</td><td class="align_center">536 + 388 = ?</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">New operator addition (NOA)</td><td class="align_center">2-digit numbers with 1 carry</td><td class="align_center">27$92 = ?</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Unknown operator calculation (UOC)</td><td class="align_center">10 distinct operators</td><td class="align_center">23@9 = ?</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Inductive reasoning (IR)</td><td class="align_center">5-number sequences</td><td class="align_center">4, 4, 3, 2, (?)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience

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Table 1: An EEG Study of a Confusing State Induced by Information Insufficiency during Mathematical Problem-Solving and Reasoning 