However, an additional correlation matrix between cognitive style and intelligence showed that verbalization and verbal intelligence were significantly negatively correlated.
Previous studies also suggest that visual-spatial memory is a more bilateral task than verbal memory and for which verbalization may play a significant role (van Asselen et al., 2006).
Although we found significant brain activation as a function of verbalization in areas related to sound and language processing, we observed no modulation of activation in the left AG as a function of the self-reported tendency to use verbalization while performing mental arithmetic.
No significant correlations between the self-reported use of verbalization or visualization in solving arithmetic word problems and numerical or figural intelligence were observed (n = 36).
With regard to intelligence, we observed no significant correlation between the self-reported use of verbalization or visualization in mental arithmetic and verbal, numerical or figural intelligence.
We observed no significant correlations between the self-reported use of verbalization or visualization during solving arithmetic word problems and verbal, numerical or figural intelligence as well as performance in the arithmetic task (Verbalization: R 2 =.298, F7,27 = 1.639, p =.167, n.s.; n = 36; Visualization: R 2 =.112, F7,27 =.487, p =.835, n.s.; n = 36).
No significant correlation between the self-reported use of verbalization or visualization during solving arithmetic word problems and verbal, numerical or figural intelligence as well as performance was observed.
No significant correlations between the self-reported use of verbalization or visualization in solving arithmetic word problems and numerical or figural intelligence were observed (n = 36), and no significant correlation between the self-reported use of visualization in solving arithmetic word problems and verbal intelligence was observed.
It is unclear why we did not find any significant activation in brain areas that are involved in verbal and auditory processing as a function of verbalization.
The earliest model of the visual-verbal cognitive style was one-dimensional, with visualization and verbalization as two contrasting poles.
A review of this methodology generally indicated that the verbalization of ongoing thoughts as it happens without elaboration or explanation has no significant effect on the quality of the performance of the task, other than some slowing of the task [ 7].
