Growth-mindset gains were correlated with increased activation of dorsal ACC, right dorsal striatum, and right hippocampus during difficult math problem solving¶
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q2 i? In the training group, training-related increases in brain activation in bilateral dorsal ACC, right dorsal striatum, and right hippocampus were correlated with growth-mindset gains; no such relation was observed in the control group. → Lang Chen 2022
Evidence¶
Lang Chen 2022¶
Lang Chen, Hyesang Chang, Jeremy Rudoler, Eydis Arnardottir, Yuan Zhang, Carlo de los Angeles and Vinod Menon. (2022). Cognitive training enhances growth mindset in children through plasticity of cortico-striatal circuits. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-022-00146-7
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Task-based event-related parametric fMRI whole-brain analysis (post vs. pre) of 38 training-group children during math problem solving; activation-growth-mindset correlations survived controls for age, IQ, and math-skill changes for right dACC and right hippocampus. Control group showed no significant relations (ps > 0.447).
"increases in brain activation in the dorsal ACC in both hemispheres, right dorsal striatum, and right hippocampus were correlated with increases in growth mindset in the training group"
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Mindset — outcome: instruction changes it
Related Claims¶
- Changes in dorsal ACC–striatum connectivity predict growth-mindset gains, with dACC–striatal connectivity the strongest individual link — related
- Children with lower growth mindset before training showed greater growth-mindset gains during cognitive training — related
- Hippocampal engagement during arithmetic problem solving increases longitudinally in children while prefrontal-parietal engagement decreases — a broader claim this one bears on
- Individual responses to eight weeks of math training are predicted by pre-training hippocampus and basal ganglia anatomy and connectivity, not parietal areas — related
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