Developmental dyscalculia

K Kucian, M von Aster - European journal of pediatrics, 2015 - Springer
Numerical skills are essential in our everyday life, and impairments in the development of
number processing and calculation have a negative impact on schooling and professional …

Support of mathematical thinking through embodied cognition: Nondigital and digital approaches

C Tran, B Smith, M Buschkuehl - Cognitive research: principles and …, 2017 - Springer
Research on mathematics education has shown that learners' actions can influence how
they think and vice versa. Much of this work has been rooted in the use of manipulatives …

Dyscalculia from a developmental and differential perspective

L Kaufmann, MM Mazzocco, A Dowker… - Frontiers in …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Developmental dyscalculia (DD) and its treatment are receiving increasing research
attention. A PsychInfo search for peerreviewed articles with dyscalculia as a title word …

Walk the number line–An embodied training of numerical concepts

T Link, K Moeller, S Huber, U Fischer… - Trends in Neuroscience …, 2013 - Elsevier
Basic numerical representations such as the spatial representation of number magnitude
seem to develop during early childhood and predict later arithmetic abilities. Moreover, the …

Children's fine motor skills in kindergarten predict reading in grade 1

S Suggate, E Pufke, H Stoeger - Early childhood research quarterly, 2019 - Elsevier
Research points toward the role of children's fine motor skills (FMS) in reading development
but needs to better control for confounding variables and establish explanatory pathways …

You can count on your fingers: The role of fingers in early mathematical development

F Soylu, FK Lester Jr, SD Newman - Journal of Numerical …, 2018 - jnc.psychopen.eu
Even though mathematics is considered one of the most abstract domains of human
cognition, recent work on embodiment of mathematics has shown that we make sense of …

[HTML][HTML] Interventions for improving numerical abilities: Present and future

RC Kadosh, A Dowker, A Heine, L Kaufmann… - Trends in neuroscience …, 2013 - Elsevier
Low numeracy skills have a negative impact on the employment prospects and mental and
physical health of individuals, and on the economic status of countries. Clearly, this is a high …

[HTML][HTML] Fine motor skills and finger gnosia contribute to preschool children's numerical competencies

U Fischer, SP Suggate, H Stoeger - Acta Psychologica, 2022 - Elsevier
Facets of fine motor skills (FMS) and finger gnosia have been reported to predict young
children's numerical competencies, possibly by affecting early finger counting experiences …

Mathematics anxiety reduces default mode network deactivation in response to numerical tasks

B Pletzer, M Kronbichler, HC Nuerk… - Frontiers in human …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Mathematics anxiety is negatively related to mathematics performance, thereby threatening
the professional success. Preoccupation with the emotional content of the stimuli may …

Putting a finger on numerical development–reviewing the contributions of kindergarten finger gnosis and fine motor skills to numerical abilities

R Barrocas, S Roesch, C Gawrilow… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The well-documented association between fingers and numbers is not only based on the
observation that most children use their fingers for counting and initial calculation, but also …