Researchers in numerical cognition usually think that the greatest and most common difficulty in children suffering from dyscalculia is retrieval of arithmetic facts from long-term memory. However, we have recently shown that retrieval might not be the optimum strategy in mental arithmetic. In fact, expert adults would rather solve simple problems such as 3 + 2 by automated and unconscious procedures. Therefore, we hypothesize that children with dyscalculia might not present deficit in retrieval but, instead, in counting procedure automatization.

Very interesting but it will take a few years to complete. We will follow this.

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Learning disabilities in prison

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It is generally acknowledged that between 5 and
10% of adults who offend have learning disabilities,
compared to slightly more than 2% of the general
population (Department of Health, 2001).
Around a quarter of children (under 18 years) who
offend have very low IQs of less than 70 (Harrington
and Bailey et al, 2005). This does not mean that
around a quarter of children who offend have learning
disabilities, but they will have support needs similar to
those of people with learning disabilities.

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