Developmental brain dynamics of numerical and arithmetic abilities

SE Vogel, B De Smedt - npj Science of Learning, 2021 - nature.com
The development of numerical and arithmetic abilities constitutes a crucial cornerstone in
our modern and educated societies. Difficulties to acquire these central skills can lead to …

Challenging the neurobiological link between number sense and symbolic numerical abilities

ED Wilkey, D Ansari - Annals of the New York Academy of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A significant body of research links individual differences in symbolic numerical abilities,
such as arithmetic, to number sense, the neurobiological system used to approximate and …

Dyscalculia and typical math achievement are associated with individual differences in number‐specific executive function

ED Wilkey, C Pollack, GR Price - Child development, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Deficits in numerical magnitude perception characterize the mathematics learning disability
developmental dyscalculia (DD), but recent studies suggest the relation stems from …

Dysfunctions associated with the intraparietal sulcus and a distributed network in individuals with math learning difficulties: An ALE meta‐analysis

J Tablante, L Krossa, T Azimi, L Chen - Human Brain Map**, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Math learning difficulty (MLD) is a learning disorder characterized by persistent impairments
in the understanding and application of numbers independent of intelligence or schooling …

The Domain‐Specificity of Domain‐Generality: Attention, Executive Function, and Academic Skills

ED Wilkey - Mind, Brain, and Education, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Attention and executive functions (EFs) play a critical role in academic skill development,
including literacy and numeracy. Deficits in attention and EFs often accompany learning …

Attention to number: The convergence of numerical magnitude processing, attention, and mathematics in the inferior frontal gyrus

ED Wilkey, GR Price - Human brain map**, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Research indicates that the neurocognitive system representing nonsymbolic numerical
magnitudes is foundational for the development of mathematical competence. However …

Evidence for a posterior parietal cortex contribution to spatial but not temporal numerosity perception

S Cavdaroglu, A Knops - Cerebral Cortex, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Posterior parietal cortex (PPC) is thought to encode and represent the number of objects in a
visual scene (ie, numerosity). Whether this representation is shared for simultaneous and …

Shared numerosity representations across formats and tasks revealed with 7 Tesla fMRI: decoding, generalization, and individual differences in behavior

ED Wilkey, BN Conrad, DJ Yeo… - Cerebral Cortex …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Debate continues on whether encoding of symbolic number is grounded in nonsymbolic
numerical magnitudes. Nevertheless, fluency of perceiving both number formats, and …

Number and domain both affect the relation between executive function and mathematics achievement: A study of children's executive function with and without …

I Starling-Alves, LL Russell-Lasalandra… - Developmental …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Magnitude processing and executive functions (EFs) have emerged as robust predictors of
mathematics achievement. However, the nature of these associations is still unclear. For …

[HTML][HTML] Developmental changes in numerosity and area perception in school-age children

L Yan, P Qian, R Yan - Acta Psychologica, 2024 - Elsevier
Humans can quickly estimate the quantity of objects in their environment through the
Approximate Number System (ANS). However, the developmental trajectories of numerical …