In adults only, poorer math achievement is associated with greater hippocampal NRE sensitivity¶
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q2 i? Adults, but not children or adolescents, showed robust negative NRE-achievement activation in the hippocampus bilaterally. → Haist Frank 2015
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Haist Frank 2015¶
Haist Frank, Wazny Jarnet H., Toomarian Elizabeth, Adamo Maha. (2015). Development of brain systems for nonsymbolic numerosity and the relationship to formal math academic achievement. Human brain mapping. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.22666
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Group-wise whole-brain regression of NRE on math achievement reported in the fMRI results section. The negative hippocampal relationship was specific to the adult group and absent in children and adolescents.
"A surprising finding was that adults, but not children or adolescents, produced robust negative activation within the hippocampus bilaterally. That is, poorer math achievement was associated with greater NRE sensitivity within the hippocampus for adults only."
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Related Claims¶
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- Memory-based strategy use continues to increase from childhood through adolescence into adulthood — related
- Math achievement correlates with ventral occipital-temporal NRE in both children and adults, with children relying on extrastriate and adults on anterior higher-order visual regions — related
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In adults only, poorer math achievement is associated with greater hippocampal NRE sensitivity |
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In adults only, poorer math achievement is associated with greater hippocampal NRE sensitivity |
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