Left and right brain and dyscalculia

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It appears from new research at the university of Dallas that communication between the left and right part of the brain seems key for executing math tasks. The researchers found brain activity as expected when scanning the brain with MRI during math exercises but a new observation was that both brain parts interacted a lot more during the work.

This may open up some new leads for training the brain and remediation.

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Why children with dyscalculia get math wrong

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A solid piece of research into the origins of Math Disabilities, which we refer to on this blog as Dyscalculia. Here is the abstract:

In this study, systematic testing of the types of errors variously proposed to be associated with MD more generally or with different subgroups of MD provided no support for the idea that visual errors or switch errors are associated with MD or for the idea that switch errors might be related to attention and inhibitory control. The finding that behavioral ratings of inattention are related to both math fact errors and procedural bugs suggests the need for cognitive research on how attention affects specific mathematical processes and on interventions that aim to effect change in those mathematical processes.

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Smart Flies

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A group of smart scientist has developed a Population of fruitflies to develop Number Sense. This research may provide some more insights in how number sense develops and people with Dyscalculia may profit from this research.

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Now we know what causes Dyscalculia

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Scientists of University College London have conducted a study that offers definitive proof that the right parietal lobe is indeed responsible// for dyscalculia or in layman terms the inability to ‘do math’. The researchers hope the findings will aid in the diagnosis and management of the disorder, through remedial teaching.

“This provides strong evidence that dyscalculia is caused by malformations in the right parietal lobe and provides sold grounds for further study on the physical abnormalities present in dyscalculics’ brains. It’s an important step to the ultimate goal of early diagnosis through analysis of neural tissue, which in turn will lead to earlier treatments and more effective remedial teaching.”

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Child development of problem solving skills

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Although not directly a study about Dyscalculia, still this study from Stanford University, Chung-Ang university and the university of Missouri is an interesting, yet challenging read.

The researchers say it like this: ” Our study highlights the contribution of hippocampal–prefrontal circuits to the early development of retrieval fluency in arithmetic problem solving and provides a novel framework for studying dynamic developmental processes that accompany children’s development of problem-solving skills.”

You can download a copy through the link below

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