Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Brain's White Matter to Blame for Poor Arithmetic Skills

Your brains white matter may be at fault if you are poor at arithmetic calculations. A study led by Bert De Smedt, a professor from University of Leuven in Belgium, has discovered that healthy 12-year-olds - who score well in addition and multiplication - have higher-quality white matter. But this correlation does not appear to apply to subtraction and division. Neural pathways are comparable to a bundle of cables. These cables are surrounded ...

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