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Dyscalculia: from brain to education.

Brian B Butterworth, Sashank S Varma, and Diana D Laurillard

Science 332(6033):1049-53 (2011) PMID 21617068

Recent research in cognitive and developmental neuroscience is providing a new approach to the understanding of dyscalculia that emphasizes a core deficit in understanding sets and their numerosities, which is fundamental to all aspects of elementary school mathematics. The neural bases of numerosity processing have been investigated in structural and functional neuroimaging studies of adults and children, and neural markers of its impairment in dyscalculia have been identified. New interventions to strengthen numerosity processing, including adaptive software, promise effective evidence-based education for dyscalculic learners.

DOI: 10.1126/science.1201536
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