Children with developmental dyscalculia respond faster to simple arithmetic targets after negative than positive affective primes, across all four arithmetic operations¶
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q3 i? In the DD group, response latencies to arithmetic targets were significantly shorter after negative than positive affective primes for addition, multiplication, subtraction and division. → Rubinsten O 2010
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Rubinsten O 2010¶
Rubinsten O, Tannock R. (2010). Mathematics anxiety in children with developmental dyscalculia. Behavioral and Brain Functions 6:46. http://www.behavioralandbrainfunctions.com/content/6/1/46
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Controlled experiment with 12 children with DD and 11 controls completing an arithmetic-affective priming task (160 trials, 250 ms SOA). The Results report "significantly shorter response latencies were observed in the DD group for negative as compared to positive targets" for all four operations (e.g., addition F(1,11) = 259.2, p < 0.001).
"An affective priming effect was found in the DD group, as well, but with a reversed pattern. That is, significantly shorter response latencies were observed in the DD group for negative as compared to positive targets"
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Related Claims¶
- Negative priming effects are generally larger in mathematics than in language or science, particularly in arithmetic tasks — related
- Math-related word primes facilitate arithmetic processing in children with DD but inhibit it in typically-developing controls
- Typically-developing children show the standard affective priming pattern, responding faster to arithmetic targets after positive than negative primes — reports the opposite
- A significant three-way interaction of group, prime type and arithmetic operation governs arithmetic-affective priming, with DD children slower overall than controls — related
- Math anxiety in DD is specific to the math context and occurs in the absence of generalized anxiety — related
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Children with developmental dyscalculia respond faster to simple arithmetic targets after negative than positive affective primes, across all four arithmetic operations |
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Children with developmental dyscalculia respond faster to simple arithmetic targets after negative than positive affective primes, across all four arithmetic operations |
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