Interventions in Mathematics and Cognitive Skills

Description

The purpose of this study is to investigate neurocognitive mechanisms underlying response to intervention aimed at enhancing, and remediating weaknesses in, numerical skills in children, including those with mathematical learning disabilities (MLD).

Conditions

Math Learning Disability, Child Development, Developmental Disability, Learning Disabilities, Learning Disabled, Learning Curve, Mathematics Disorder, Dyscalculia, Dyscalculia, Primary, Dyscalculia, Acquired, Specific Learning Disorder, With Impairment in Mathematics, Individuality, Behavior, Child, Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms, Behavior, Decision Making, Neuronal Plasticity, Cognition, Cognition Disorder, Cognitive Dysfunction, Cognitive Change, Cognitive Impairment, Mild, Cognitive Developmental Delay, Cognitive Orientation, Cognitive Delay, Mild, Cognitive Deficits, Mild, Cognitive Abnormality, Neuroscience

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Study overview

The purpose of this study is to investigate neurocognitive mechanisms underlying response to intervention aimed at enhancing, and remediating weaknesses in, numerical skills in children, including those with mathematical learning disabilities (MLD).

Interventions in Math Learning Disabilities: Cognitive and Neural Correlates

Interventions in Mathematics and Cognitive Skills

Condition
Math Learning Disability
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Palo Alto

Stanford Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience Laboratory, Palo Alto, California, United States, 94304

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. Elementary school aged children starting from first grade (6-12 years old)
  • 2. IQ: Participants with a Full Scale IQ \> 70 on the Wechsler Abbreviated Scle of Intelligence (WASI-II).
  • 3. Identification of Mathematical Learning Disabilities: Scores below the 35th percentile percentile on symbolic number processing test in Numeracy Screener and two or more Wechsler Individual Achievement Test (WIAT-IV) math subtests
  • 4. Identification of typically developing children: Scores at or above the 35th percentile percentile on symbolic number processing test in Numeracy Screener and all WIAT-IV math subtests
  • 5. Normal or corrected-to-normal vision and no hearing impairments
  • 6. Inclusion in MRI scan session: Right-handed
  • 1. History of neurological or psychiatric disorder (i.e., schizophrenia, psychosis, depression, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.)
  • 2. History of trauma involving head injury
  • 3. Consistent psychiatric medications
  • 4. Exclusion from MRI scan session: No major contraindication for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) - braces, metal implants, pacemakers, vascular stents, metallic ear tubes, consistent exposure to metal, claustrophobia)

Ages Eligible for Study

6 Years to 12 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Stanford University,

Study Record Dates

2026-06-30