In this article, we argue that motor and cognitive processes are functionally related and most
likely share a similar evolutionary history. This is supported by clinical and neural data …

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 …

Working memory capacity is an important psychological construct, and many real-world
phenomena are strongly associated with individual differences in working memory …

Education neuroscience merges insights from education, psychology, and neuroscience to
understand how the brain learns, processes information, and retains knowledge. While this …

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 …

Working memory (WM) plays a crucial role in the development of arithmetic ability. However,
research findings related to which factors influence the relationship between WM and …

Arithmetic facts can be solved using different strategies. Research suggests that some
arithmetic problems, particularly those solved by fact retrieval, are related to phonological …

We examined the relation of parental socioeconomic status (SES) to the neural bases of
subtraction in school‐age children (9‐to 12‐year‐olds). We independently localized brain …

Spatial orientation is an important function in daily life because it allows us to reach a target
place when moving through our environment, using self-centered (egocentric) or …

Abstract The Number Line (NL) task requires judging the relative numerical magnitude of a
number and estimating its value spatially on a continuous line. Children's skill on this task …