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. 2012 May 4;7(5):e36410. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036410

Table 1. Behavioral results from the abacus expert performing the mental addition tasks (8-digit and 4-digit addition), as well as the average subjects performing the mental addition tasks (2-digit and 1-digit addition).

Average subjects Task V-2 V-1 A-2 A-1
AR (%) 77.0±2.5 98.0±0.6 66.3±3.8 96.3±0.9
RT (s) 1.95±0.14 1.12±0.07 2.30±0.18 1.32±0.14
Abacus expert Task V-8 V-4 A-8 A-4
AR (%) 100 100 100 100
RT (s) 1.86±0.69 1.65±0.81 2.41±0.91 1.76±0.73