One of the methods was to inhibit inner speech by asking the subjects, for example, to protrude their tongues while solvingmentalarithmetictasks.
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Thementalarithmeticand isometric handgrip tests are clearly independent assessments of cardiovascular reactivity based on totally different regulatory mechanisms.
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For systolic blood pressure, genetic variance was only found inmentalarithmetictesting.
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He used such tasks asmentalarithmeticand short-term memory for strings of numbers.
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Yourmentalarithmeticis in overdrive as you calculate that the original purchase price of £12 million now looks more like just £158,000.
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I believe that, if we banned calculators from the classroom, more kids would be able to domentalarithmeticand end up more mathematical.
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I shall not be drawn into any furthermentalarithmeticon this issue.
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Of the 6,600 casualties, almost half—doing some quickmentalarithmetic—are children under nine.
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At the outset let me make it clear that we have sought to do somementalarithmeticon how much the policy will cost.
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We all knew that we were not very good atmentalarithmetic, and it was a jolly but rather pointless occasion.
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People with skills inmentalarithmeticwill be able to multiply that figure by 200; the answer is 4 million.
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I am not very good atmentalarithmetic, but it looks to me like one inspector to 22,500 people.
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Mymentalarithmeticis pretty bad, but that is about £100 a complaint.
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For example, the use of pocket calculators make it unnecessary for children to learn the basic elements ofmentalarithmetic.
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For that, they really need the grounding in literacy, literature and mathematics, especiallymentalarithmetic, which is the beginning of all sound learning.
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