A review of the effects of abacus training on cognitive functions and neural systems in humans

C Wang - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Abacus, which represents numbers via a visuospatial format, is a traditional device to
facilitate arithmetic operations. Skilled abacus users, who have acquired the ability of …

Can abacus course eradicate developmental dyscalculia

Y Lu, M Ma, G Chen, X Zhou - Psychology in the Schools, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Developmental dyscalculia (DD) is a specific mathematical learning disability, with a
prevalence of around 3%–7% in the school‐aged population. It negatively affects …

Transfer effects of abacus training on cognition

Y Lu, M Li, Z Cui, L Wang, Y Hu, X Zhou - Current Psychology, 2023 - Springer
The Chinese abacus was invented 1800 years ago as a piece of calculation equipment for
economic education and support. The abacus no longer serves as an economic tool but has …

Development of cognitive abilities through the abacus in primary education students: A randomized controlled clinical trial

SP León, MC Carcelén Fraile, I García-Martínez - Education Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: An abacus is an instrument used to perform different arithmetic operations.
The objective was to analyze the benefits of mathematical calculations made with an abacus …

Right fusiform gray matter volume in children with long-term abacus training positively correlates with arithmetic ability

H Zhou, Y Yao, F Geng, F Chen, Y Hu - Neuroscience, 2022 - Elsevier
Abacus-based mental calculation (AMC) training has a positive effect on number-related
cognitive abilities. While visuospatial strategy may distinguish AMC from conventional …

[HTML][HTML] Reduced connection strength leads to enhancement of working memory capacity in cognitive training

G Lv, T Xu, J Li, P Zhu, F Chen, D Yang, G He - NeuroImage, 2025 - Elsevier
It has been widely observed that cognitive training can enhance the working memory
capacity (WMC) of participants, yet the underlying mechanisms remain unexplained …

Enhanced intersubject similarity in functional connectivity by long-term abacus training

Y Zhang, T Xu, X Han, Y Wang, H Liu, C Zhou… - Cerebral …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The individual difference of intrinsic functional connectivity is increasingly acknowledged to
be biologically informative and behaviorally relevant. However, such valuable information is …

Training on abacus-based mental calculation enhances resting state functional connectivity of bilateral superior parietal lobules

H Zhou, F Geng, T Wang, C Wang, Y **e, Y Hu, F Chen - Neuroscience, 2020 - Elsevier
Accumulating evidence indicates a positive effect of abacus-based mental calculation (AMC)
training on various cognitive functions including short-term memory (STM). Our previous …

Adaptive reconfiguration of intrinsic community structure in children with 5-year abacus training

Y Zhang, C Wang, Y Yao, C Zhou, F Chen - Cerebral Cortex, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Human learning can be understood as a network phenomenon, underpinned by the
adaptive reconfiguration of modular organization. However, the plasticity of community …

A domain-general frontoparietal network interacts with domain-preferential intermediate pathways to support working memory task

H Zhou, C Su, J Wu, J Li, X Lu, L Gong, F Geng… - Cerebral …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Working memory (WM) is essential for cognition, but the underlying neural mechanisms
remain elusive. From a hierarchical processing perspective, this paper proposed and tested …