L Cragg, C Gilmore - Trends in neuroscience and education, 2014 - Elsevier
The successful learning and performance of mathematics relies on a range of individual, social and educational factors. Recent research suggests that executive function skills …
The relations among various spatial and mathematics skills were assessed in a cross- sectional study of 854 children from kindergarten, third, and sixth grades (ie, 5 to 13 years of …
Working memory, including central executive functions (inhibition, shifting and updating) are factors thought to play a central role in mathematical skill development. However, results …
YL Cheng, KS Mix - Journal of cognition and development, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
We tested whether mental rotation training improved math performance in 6-to 8-year-olds. Children were pretested on a range of number and math skills. Then one group received a …
In this article, we use meta-analysis to analyze gender differences in recent studies of mathematics performance. First, we meta-analyzed data from 242 studies published …
Much recent research has focused on the relation between spatial skills and mathematical skills, which has resulted in widely reported links between these two skill sets. However, the …
C Titz, J Karbach - Psychological research, 2014 - Springer
The aim of this review is to illustrate the role of working memory and executive functions for scholastic achievement as an introduction to the question of whether and how working …
D Szucs, A Devine, F Soltesz, A Nobes, F Gabriel - cortex, 2013 - Elsevier
Developmental dyscalculia is thought to be a specific impairment of mathematics ability. Currently dominant cognitive neuroscience theories of developmental dyscalculia suggest …
KP Raghubar, MA Barnes, SA Hecht - Learning and individual differences, 2010 - Elsevier
Working memory refers to a mental workspace, involved in controlling, regulating, and actively maintaining relevant information to accomplish complex cognitive tasks (eg …