Children identified for classroom-based math support show altered resting-state connectivity in parietal brain regions.

ABSTRACT: Approximately 25% of school-age children experience mathematics difficulties (MD). Mathematics skills have been correlated with resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) between parietal brain regions, including the intraparietal sulcus (IPS) and the angular gyrus (AG), and a fronto-parietal network. However, the patterns of rsFC in children with MD remain less clear. This study conducted a seed-to-voxel analysis contrasting the rsFC profiles of 46 1st graders with MD (mean age = 6.95, sd = 0.34) and 60 1st graders with typical achievement (mean age = 7.08, sd = 0.38) in subdivisions of the intraparietal sulcus (hIP1, hIP2, and hIP3) and the angular gyrus (PGa, and PGp), bilaterally. Results suggested a pattern of hyperconnectivity between the right hIP2 and the left hippocampus and hyp

SUBMITTER: Starling-Alves I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12290048 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature