ReviewDevelopmental cognitive neuroscience2018
Arithmetic in the developing brain: A review of brain imaging studies.
Review in Developmental cognitive neuroscience, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 109 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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109 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Examination of common and unique brain regions for atypical reading and math: a meta-analysis.Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) · 2023Pooled it
- Dysfunctions associated with the intraparietal sulcus and a distributed network in individuals with math learning difficulties: An ALE meta-analysis.Human brain mapping · 2023Pooled it
- The neural correlates of retrieval and procedural strategies in mental arithmetic: A functional neuroimaging meta-analysis.Human brain mapping · 2023Pooled it
- The Cognitive Profile of Math Difficulties: A Meta-Analysis Based on Clinical Criteria.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Pooled it
- Modulation of resting-state networks following repetitive transcranial alternating current stimulation of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.Brain structure & function · 2023Trial
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- Uncovering Latent Cognitive, Metacognitive, and Neural Bases of Problem-Solving Deficits in Children with Developmental Dyscalculia.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026Article
- Experience-dependent cortical plasticity in response to formal schooling: Effects on networks for reading and mathematics.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2026Article
- The interplay between executive function and learning disabilities: Developmental cognitive neuroscience perspectives on reading, math, and ADHD.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2026Review
- Latent Neurocognitive Mechanisms Underlying Quantity Discrimination in Children with and without Mathematical Learning Disabilities.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026Article
- Temporal order of activations and interactions during arithmetic calculations measured by intracranial electrophysiological recordings in the human brain.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- No developmental fronto-parietal shift in brain activation during mental arithmetic across the lifespan: A registered report.PloS one · 2026Article
- Visualizations during arithmetic tasks hamper performance and increase cognitive load in 9-year-olds: an fNIRS study.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Crossroads in the Learning Brain: The Neural Overlap Between Arithmetic and Phonological Processing.Human brain mapping · 2026Article
- Associations between mathematical skills and white matter microstructure in children born preterm.Child neuropsychology : a journal on normal and abnormal development in childhood and adolescence · 2026Article
- Answer-locked ERP dynamics during arithmetic verification in children with developmental dyscalculia.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- The Social Relevance of Numbers: Insights from Animal Studies.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Altered Effective Connectivity of the Numerical Brain in Children With Developmental Dyscalculia.Journal of neuroscience research · 2025Article
- Personalized deep neural networks reveal mechanisms of math learning disabilities in children.Science advances · 2025Article
- Interrupted Learning across the Lifespan.Human development · 2025Article
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- Erratum issuedErratum.2020
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Abstract
Brain imaging studies on academic achievement offer an exciting window on experience-dependent cortical plasticity, as they allow us to understand how developing brains change when children acquire culturally transmitted skills. This contribution focuses on the learning of arithmetic, which is quintessential to mathematical development. The nascent body of brain imaging studies reveals that arithmetic recruits a large set of interconnected areas, including prefrontal, posterior parietal, occipito-temporal and hippocampal areas. This network undergoes developmental changes in its function, connectivity and structure, which are not yet fully understood. This network only partially overlaps with what has been found in adults, and clear differences are observed in the recruitment of the hippocampus, which are related to the development of arithmetic fact retrieval. Despite these emerging trends, the literature remains scattered, particularly in the context of atypical development. Acknowledging the distributed nature of the arithmetic network, future studies should focus on connectivity and analytic approaches that investigate patterns of brain activity, coupled with a careful design of the arithmetic tasks and assessments of arithmetic strategies. Such studies will produce a more comprehensive understanding of how the arithmetical brain unfolds, how it changes over time, and how it is impaired in atypical development.
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