Bidirectional, longitudinal associations between math ability and approximate number system precision in childhood

L Elliott, L Feigenson, J Halberda… - Journal of Cognition and …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Research suggests that individual differences in math abilities correlate with approximate
representations of quantity that are supported by a primitive Approximate Number System …

Disparate processing of numerosity and associated continuous magnitudes in rats

T Liang, RC Peng, KL Rong, JX Li, Y Ke, WH Yung - Science Advances, 2024 - science.org
The studies of number sense in different species are severely hampered by the inevitable
entanglement of non-numerical attributes inherent in nonsymbolic stimuli representing …

Effects of non-symbolic approximate number practice on symbolic numerical abilities in Pakistani children

S Khanum, R Hanif, ES Spelke, I Berteletti, DC Hyde - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Current theories of numerical cognition posit that uniquely human symbolic number abilities
connect to an early develo** cognitive system for representing approximate numerical …

Innate or acquired?–disentangling number sense and early number competencies

J Siemann, F Petermann - Frontiers in psychology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The clinical profile termed developmental dyscalculia (DD) is a fundamental disability
affecting children already prior to arithmetic schooling, but the formal diagnosis is often only …

[HTML][HTML] Failure to replicate the benefit of approximate arithmetic training for symbolic arithmetic fluency in adults

E Szkudlarek, J Park, EM Brannon - Cognition, 2021 - Elsevier
Previous research reported that college students' symbolic addition and subtraction fluency
improved after training with non-symbolic, approximate addition and subtraction. These …

Strong causal claims require strong evidence: A commentary on Wang and colleagues

R Merkley, AA Matejko, D Ansari - Journal of Experimental Child …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this commentary, we provide a discussion of the findings by Wang, Odic, Halberda, and
Feigenson recently published in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology (2016, Vol …

The approximate number system and mathematics achievement: it's complicated. A thorough investigation of different ANS measures and executive functions in …

IEJI Coolen, KJ Riggs, M Bugler… - Journal of Cognitive …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The ability to represent approximate numerical magnitudes is often referred to as the
approximate number system (ANS) and has regularly been proposed as foundational to …

A rapid, objective and implicit measure of visual quantity discrimination

M Guillaume, S Mejias, B Rossion, M Dzhelyova… - Neuropsychologia, 2018 - Elsevier
There is evidence that accurate and rapid judgments of visual quantities form an essential
component of human mathematical ability. However, explicit behavioural discrimination …

Neurophysiological signatures of approximate number system acuity in preschoolers

M Pinhas, DJ Paulsen, MG Woldorff… - Trends in Neuroscience …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background A hallmark of the approximate number system (ANS) is ratio dependence.
Previous work identified specific event-related potentials (ERPs) that are modulated by …

A multilevel meta-analysis on the causal effect of approximate number system training on symbolic math performance.

K Qiu, EH Chen, S Wan, DH Bailey - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
We performed a meta-analysis of approximate number system (ANS) training studies to
investigate the strength of the causal effects of practicing ANS related tasks on symbolic …