Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills

Domain-specific and domain-general signatures of dyscalculia in computational models of behavior and parietal cortex

This study investigates dyscalculia by analyzing computational models of behavior and parietal cortex in adolescents, finding both domain-specific and domain-general deficits.

Born with an abstract code for number: evidence from cross-modal and cross-format neural adaptation in the first three days of life

The paper shows newborns have an abstract number code through cross-modal and cross-format neural adaptation using EEG.

Auditory and visual mismatch negativity responses to numerical and non-numerical magnitudes in adults

This study examines auditory and visual mismatch negativity (MMN) responses to numerical and non-numerical magnitudes, finding pre-attentive processing of small magnitudes across modalities.

The Privileged Link Between Number and Space: Day-old Chicks (Gallus gallus) Show Spatial-Numerical but Not Spatial-Quantity Associations

This study shows day-old chicks associate small numbers with left space and large numbers with right space, but not physical size with space.

A number simplex in the human medial temporal lobe

The paper identifies simplex-shaped neural manifolds for number representation in the human medial temporal lobe and finds similarities with large language models.

At the Roots of Plant Awareness Disparity (PAD): Semantic processing and Numerosity Perception

The paper investigates whether Plant Awareness Disparity (PAD) affects numerosity perception by comparing how participants estimate and compare the number of plants, animals, and minerals using different image types.

Regions in the human inferior temporal gyrus are engaged in numerosity processing across visual stimulus categories

The paper investigates the role of the human inferior temporal gyrus in numerosity processing across different visual stimuli, finding task-specific encoding rather than stimulus-specific selectivity.

Cortical localization and dynamics of elementary mathematical concepts

This study investigates how the brain encodes elementary mathematical concepts using fMRI and MEG, finding semantic similarity in neural activations across arithmetic and geometry domains.

Early Emergence of Auditory Quantity Discrimination in Domestic Chicks

This study shows domestic chicks prefer higher numerosity in auditory sequences when continuous variables are not controlled, but not when they are.

Pupil size variations reveal Bayesian inference in cognitive arithmetic

The paper shows that pupil size changes reflect Bayesian inference in arithmetic problem solving, with greater information gain from operands linked to faster responses.

A numerical bias in honeybees: Numerousness is more salient than space and size non-numerical cues during quantity discrimination.

This study shows honeybees prefer numerosity over non-numerical cues like size and space when discriminating quantities, revealing a numerical bias and flexible strategies.

A cortical semantic space integrating fractions and integers

The paper investigates how the brain represents fractions and integers, finding a shared semantic space in the cortex that integrates both.

Number-Space Association in Macaques

This study investigates number-space associations in macaques, finding that relative numerical context, not absolute magnitude, drives directional spatial biases.

Space-number association in zebrafish

This study shows zebrafish exhibit a spatial-numerical association, preferring smaller numbers on the left and larger ones on the right in a behavioral task.

Reduced Dependence on Sensorimotor Processing in the Brain is Associated with Higher Math Skills in Adults

This study uses fMRI to identify brain regions involved in number processing and links reduced sensorimotor involvement during number tasks to higher math skills in adults.

Counting apples - How does the prefrontal region support early numerical understanding in preschool children?

This study investigates how prefrontal brain regions support early numerical understanding in preschool children by comparing number and object matching tasks.

Brain mechanisms of mathematical development: A longitudinal fMRI study from preschool to second grade

This study uses longitudinal fMRI to track how neural responses to math and non-math statements develop in children from preschool to second grade, identifying changes in brain networks and activation patterns.

Temporal order of activations and interactions during arithmetic calculations measured by intracranial electrophysiological recordings in the human brain

This study uses intracranial EEG to analyze the temporal dynamics of brain activity during arithmetic tasks, revealing the sequence of activations and connectivity patterns across brain regions.

Mathematics Anxiety Selectively Modulates Attentional and Memory-Related Neural Mechanisms During Numerical Cognition

This study examines how mathematics anxiety affects neural mechanisms during numerical tasks, finding distinct effects on attention and memory compared to general anxiety.

Developmental Trajectories of Addition and Subtraction in Early School-aged Children

This study examines how addition and subtraction neural responses develop in children, finding age-related improvements and distinct patterns in right parieto-occipital {Delta}P300 amplitudes.

Numerosity Is Directly Sensed and Dynamically Transformed in the Human Brain: Evidence from MEG-MRI Fusion

This study uses MEG and fMRI to show that numerosity is encoded rapidly in the brain, with early linear and later curved representations reflecting different coding schemes.

Food for thought: Rosy-faced lovebirds (Agapornis roseicollis) are capable of associative symbol learning and inference-based quantity discrimination

This study shows rosy-faced lovebirds can learn symbol associations and infer quantities, with performance varying by ratio range.

Distributed range adaptation in human parietal encoding of numbers

This study shows that human parietal cortex dynamically recalibrates number representations based on context, improving behavioral accuracy through distributed range adaptation.

Encoding of numerosity with robustness to object and scene identity in biologically inspired object recognition networks

This study shows that deep convolutional neural networks encode approximate numerosity across diverse objects and scenes, suggesting a potential mechanism for number sense in both biological and artificial systems.

Integrated number sense tutoring remediates aberrant neural representations in children with mathematical disabilities

The paper evaluates an Integrated Number Sense tutoring program for children with mathematical disabilities, showing it improves cross-format number processing and arithmetic skills by normalizing neural representations to typically developing levels.

A left-to-right bias in spatial numerical associations with dots and symbols

The paper investigates the left-to-right bias in spatial numerical associations using implicit tasks with dot patterns and symbolic numbers in Western adults, finding asymmetric associations with non-symbolic stimuli.

High-field fMRI at 7 Tesla reveals topographic responses tuned to number in the developing human brain

This study uses 7 Tesla fMRI to show that 11-12-year-old children and adults have topographic brain responses tuned to numerical quantities, similar to adults.

Neurocognitive mechanisms of mathematics vocabulary processing in L1 and L2 in South African first graders: An fNIRS study

This study uses fNIRS to examine brain activation during mathematics vocabulary processing in L1 and L2 in South African first graders, finding higher cognitive demands in L2.

Automatic extraction of meaning from visual number symbols detected by frequency-tagged EEG in children.

This study uses frequency-tagged EEG to assess automatic magnitude processing of number symbols in children, finding neural synchronization indicating early automatic semantic representation of numerical magnitude.

Multifaceted brain representation of numerosity across the senses and presentation formats

This study investigates how the brain represents numerical information across different senses and formats using fMRI, finding consistent encoding in specific brain regions and a shift in representation factors along the intraparietal sulcus.