Struggling with art due to Dyscalculia

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Here we link to a post from someone who experiences trouble with making art due to her dyscalculia. as in, measuring, proportions, angles.

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3 Reasons Why More Students Are in Special Education

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Good article by Eesha Pendharkar where she explains how the number of students in special education has risen the past decades and what three reasons could be a factor for it.

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Tips to help people with dyscalculia

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Developmental dyscalculia is not associated with atypical brain activation

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Comparatively little is known about the neurobiological correlates of mathematical learning difficulties, such as developmental dyscalculia (DD). This study presents the largest fMRI study comparing children with and without persistent DD to date. They found no group differences in brain activation using univariate, frequentist analyses. Moreover, Bayesian analyses revealed evidence for the null hypothesis of no group differences. These findings contradict previous literature and reveal the need to investigate the neural basis of DD using multivariate and network-based approaches to brain imaging.

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Looking at Dyscalculia a different way

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“Calculating Faces”: Can Face Perception Paradigms Enrich Dyscalculia Research?

In this new study they propose to highlight several brain areas involved both in numerical and facial processing: intraparietal sulcus (IPS), fusiform gyrus (FFG), and hippocampus (HC). They will also consider the possibility of expanding the scope of dyscalculia research by application of face perception paradigms.

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