Math difficulties may reflect problems in a crucial learning system in the brain
Thursday, September 15, 2016 - 19:02
in Psychology & Sociology
Children differ substantially in their mathematical abilities. In fact, some children cannot routinely add or subtract, even after extensive schooling. This new paper proposes that math disability arises from abnormalities in brain areas supporting procedural memory. Procedural memory is a learning and memory system that is crucial for the automatization of non-conscious skills, such as driving or grammar.