Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Cortical Processing of Arithmetic and Simple Sentences in an Auditory Attention Task

This study investigates neural processing of arithmetic and language using MEG in an attention-modulated cocktail party paradigm, finding distinct cortical networks for arithmetic and language.

Neurons in the dorso-central division of zebrafish pallium respond to change in visual numerosity

The paper investigates the neural basis of non-symbolic number cognition in zebrafish by examining activation patterns in the pallium during changes in visual numerosity.

Automatic processing of numerosity in human neocortex evidenced by occipital and parietal neuromagnetic responses

This study uses MEG to show that numerosity is automatically processed in both occipital and parietal regions, with parietal responses uniquely associated with numerosity discrimination.

Spontaneous generation of innate number sense in untrained deep neural networks

This study shows that number-selective neurons can emerge in untrained deep neural networks, mimicking innate number sense observed in animals.

Spontaneous and automatic processing of magnitude and parity information of Arabic digits: A frequency-tagging EEG study.

This study uses EEG and frequency-tagging to show that magnitude and parity of Arabic digits are automatically processed without conscious effort.

From ATOM to GradiATOM: Cortical gradients support time and space processing as revealed by a meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies

This study uses a meta-analysis of neuroimaging data to identify a cortical gradient system supporting time and space processing, expanding the ATOM theory to GradiATOM.

Excessive visual crowding effects in developmental dyscalculia

This study investigates whether excessive visual crowding effects are present in developmental dyscalculia (DD) and whether they are independent of other developmental deficits.