Early spatial skills and knowledge of written letters predicts math competence...
It’s not oral language skills that predict math, according to longitudinal research out of Finland....
read moreStudying blind math geniuses may help us approach math differently...
Research from the University of Hull found that blind volunteers who were great at math had particularly outstanding estimation skills – even better than sighted people. This contradicts the notion that vision is essential to develop advanced math skills....
read moreDyscalculia may sometimes be due to biology
Research out of Austria suggests that dyscalculia may sometimes be due to biology; in other words, they are born with a deficit that causes them to have an “imprecise internal representation of numbers.”...
read moreAutistic brains are different, not deficient, when doing math...
Children with autism who display strong math abilities have different – not deficient – brain patterns when doing calculations. The Stanford researchers want people to start thinking about autistic brains in a new light: special, not broken....
read moreScientists find the spot in the brain that activates with numerals...
Stanford University School of Medicine researchers figured out the exact spot in the brain (about 1/5″ across!) gets activated when we look at ordinary numerals (like 3 or 52). The activity declines when people are shown numbers that are...
read moreMath anxiety may cause physical pain
People who are anxious about math may experience physical pain and “instinctive risk detection.” That’s because math anxiety triggers regions of the brain associated with pain. In one study, these results were found on adults, so it’s not just...
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