Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills

Arithmetic learning is associated with developmental increases in similarity between brain activity and artificial neural networks

The paper shows that brain activity during arithmetic problem-solving becomes more similar to artificial neural network representations with age and problem size.

Symbolic and Non-Symbolic numbers differently affect centre identification in a number-line bisection task

This study investigates how symbolic and non-symbolic numbers influence spatial perception in a number-line bisection task, finding distinct biases for each format.

Impact of education and music training on the development of early abstraction abilities

This study examines how education and music training influence early abstraction abilities in children through behavioral experiments.

Unraveling latent cognitive, metacognitive, strategic, and affective processes underlying children's problem-solving using Bayesian cognitive modeling

This paper develops a Bayesian model to uncover latent cognitive and affective processes in children's arithmetic problem-solving and shows it predicts academic outcomes and mediates the effects of anxiety.

Investigating Frontoparietal Networks and Activation in Children with Mathematics Learning Difficulties: Cases with Different Deficit Profiles

This study examines neural differences in children with mathematics learning difficulties using fNIRS, finding no unified pattern but some distinct aberrancies in a subset of cases.

Feature selective adaptation of numerosity perception

This study investigates how changes in stimulus features affect numerosity perception adaptation, finding that low-level feature changes, not novelty, reduce adaptation effects when changes are noticeable.

Comparing neurocognitive mechanisms of mathematical ability and fluency in children: insights from an fNIRS study

This study uses fNIRS to examine RSFC in children's brain regions linked to math ability and fluency, finding distinct neural patterns associated with arithmetic processing and problem-solving.

Ordered developmental emergence of number-selective neurons in days-old zebrafish

The paper shows number-selective neurons in zebrafish develop in a sequential order, with neurons for higher numbers appearing later and a decoder based on these neurons can predict visual numerosity.

Neural Representation Precision of Distance Predicts Arithmetic Performance

This study investigates how the precision of neural representations of numerical distance correlates with arithmetic performance in children using fMRI and decoding techniques.

Identifying conceptual neural responses to symbolic numerals

The paper identifies conceptual neural responses to symbolic numerals by analyzing EEG data from different stimulus sets and control conditions, showing that physical stimulus differences can influence brain responses.

The mechanisms and neural signature of average numerosity perception

This study investigates the mechanisms and EEG signature of average numerosity perception using dynamic stimuli and shows perceptual adaptation effects and early brain responses related to numerical judgments.

Investigating the Triple Code Model in Numerical Cognition Using Stereotactic Electroencephalography

This study uses intracranial recordings to investigate the Triple Code Model of numerical cognition, finding distinct neural correlates for different numerical representations.

Creating something out of nothing: Symbolic and non-symbolic representations of numerical zero in the human brain

The paper investigates how numerical zero is encoded in the human brain, finding that both symbolic and non-symbolic representations of zero occupy ordinal positions on neural number lines.

Human brain representations of internally generated outcomes of approximate calculation revealed by ultra-high-field brain imaging

This study uses ultra-high-field brain imaging to show that internally generated numerical outcomes are represented in higher-order brain regions during approximate calculation tasks.

Sensorimotor mechanisms selective to numerosity derived from individual differences

The paper investigates sensorimotor mechanisms for numerosity by analyzing individual differences in number reproduction tasks, revealing two distinct numerical channels.

A Kaspar Hauser experiment for innateness of numerical cognition

The paper demonstrates that newly-hatched chicks can discriminate quantities without prior experience, supporting the innateness of non-symbolic numerical cognition.

The SNARC effect involves both representation and response-selection processing stages: Evidence from ERPs

This study investigates the SNARC effect's processing stages using ERPs, finding interactions with Stroop and Simon effects that support a two-stage model involving representation and response-selection.

Structural brain connectivity in children with developmental dyscalculia

This study investigates structural brain connectivity differences in children with developmental dyscalculia using diffusion tensor imaging and finds reduced white matter coherence and shorter tract lengths in specific brain regions associated with math ability.

Artificial neural network modelling of the neural population code underlying mathematical operations

This study uses fMRI and artificial neural networks to show shared representations between ANN and BNN in mathematical operations, with deeper ANN layers improving decoding of novel operators.

A genome-wide association study identified new variants associated with mathematical abilities in Chinese children

This study conducts GWAS on 11 mathematical ability categories in Chinese children, identifying 7 genome-wide significant SNPs and replicating one SNP associated with division ability.

Quantitative modeling demonstrates format-invariant representations of mathematical problems in the brain

This study uses fMRI and encoding models to show that mathematical problems are represented in the brain in a format-invariant way, regardless of being presented in symbolic or natural language form.

Emergence of counting in the brains of 3- to 5-year-old children

This study uses fMRI to show that the IPS and language network in 3- to 5-year-olds support both numerosity and number word representations during counting acquisition.

Fractions strategy differences in those born extremely preterm

The paper examines brain hemodynamic responses and structural differences in extremely preterm and full-term individuals solving fraction subtraction using different strategies.

Can a short math video enhance the brain's mathematical networks?

This study uses fMRI to examine if short math videos change brain networks for mathematical knowledge, finding minimal lasting changes and engagement of domain-general regions instead.

Number neurons in the nidopallium of young domestic chicks

The paper identifies number neurons in the caudal nidopallium of young domestic chicks, suggesting inborn numerosity perception in vertebrates.

Role of Lateral Inhibition on Visual Number Sense

This study presents a neural network model based on lateral inhibition that reproduces number-sensing effects in humans and animals, showing its essential role in untrained number sense.

Predicting Math Ability using Working Memory, Number Sense, and Neurophysiology in Children and Adults

This study examines the relationship between resting-state beta oscillations, working memory, number sense, and mathematical ability in children and adults, finding no mediation but highlighting differences in aperiodic activity.

Common neural functions during children's naturalistic and controlled laboratory mathematics learning

The paper shows that naturalistic and laboratory arithmetic tasks activate overlapping brain regions in children and adults, specifically the intraparietal cortex, indicating it processes mathematical content regardless of task mode.

Left angular gyrus disconnection impairs multiplication fact retrieval

The paper investigates how disconnections in left-hemispheric brain areas, particularly the angular gyrus, affect arithmetic fact retrieval following stroke.

Visual occipito-temporal sensitivity to digits through elementary school

The paper examines the development of visual N1 sensitivity to digits across elementary school years and finds it remains stable, contrasting with sensitivity to words or letters.