Sulcation of the intraparietal sulcus is related to symbolic but not non-symbolic number skills.

ABSTRACT: Understanding the constraints, including biological ones, that may influence mathematical development is of great importance because math ability is a key predictor of career success, income and even psychological well-being. While research in developmental cognitive neuroscience of mathematics has extensively studied the key functional regions for processing numbers, particularly the horizontal segment of intraparietal sulcus (HIPS), few studies have investigated the effects of early cerebral constraints on later mathematical abilities. In this pre-registered study, we investigated whether variability of the sulcal pattern of the HIPS, a qualitative feature of the brain determined in-utero and not affected by brain maturation and learning, accounts for individual difference in symbolic an

SUBMITTER: Roell M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8363820 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature