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 …

New findings from the neurosciences receive much interest for use in the applied field of
education. For the past 15 years, neuroeducation and the application of neuroscience …

The development of numerical and arithmetic abilities constitutes a crucial cornerstone in
our modern and educated societies. Difficulties to acquire these central skills can lead to …

Strong foundational skills in mathematical problem solving, acquired in early childhood, are
critical not only for success in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematical …

Source memory improves substantially during childhood. This improvement is thought to be
closely related to hippocampal maturation. As previous studies have mainly used cross …

Background Recent research indicates that processing proportion magnitude is associated
with activation in the intraparietal sulcus. Thus, brain areas associated with the processing of …

Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) often display atypical learning styles;
however, little is known regarding learning-related brain plasticity and its relation to clinical …

Growth mindset, the belief that one's abilities can improve through cognitive effort, is an
important psychological construct with broad implications for enabling children to reach their …

Objective A goal of developmental cognitive neuroscience is to uncover brain mechanisms
underlying successful learning. While longitudinal studies capture brain changes following …

Mental arithmetic involves distributed brain regions spanning parietal and temporal cortices,
yet little is known about the neural dynamics of causal functional circuits that link them. Here …