Neuroscience

Why is math harder for some kids? Brain scans offer clues

MRIs show different brain activity patterns for kids with math learning disabilities

Illustration of a child with a brain full of numbers and surrounded by numbers. Some of the numbers are highlighted with a quantity of dots that correspond to that number.

When kids with math learning disabilities solve a math problem with number symbols, they approach and process it differently than typical kids. But differences disappear when numbers are shown as dots.

Matt Chinworth

By Lily Burton

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