A recent article in the Daily Telegraph reports that scientists have used a powerful magnet to turn off the ability to carry out simple arithmetic for a fleeting instant in a study that sheds light on the cause of dyscalculia, the mathematical equivalent of dyslexia.
Dyscalculia was originally identified in patients who suffered damage to specific regions of the brain but apparently normal people - up to five per cent of the population, mostly male - can suffer this disability which affects a person's ability to understand, remember, and/or manipulate numbers.
This research is in the current edition of the journal Current Biology, where there is an article by researchers from University College London who successfully induced dyscalculia in subjects (who did not already have a maths learning difficulty) for the first time.
Dyscalculia was originally identified in patients who suffered damage to specific regions of the brain but apparently normal people - up to five per cent of the population, mostly male - can suffer this disability which affects a person's ability to understand, remember, and/or manipulate numbers.
This research is in the current edition of the journal Current Biology, where there is an article by researchers from University College London who successfully induced dyscalculia in subjects (who did not already have a maths learning difficulty) for the first time.
2 comments:
There must be some fierce magnets in operation around the Arts building.
LOL Kevin, I have dyscalculia. It's a bastard... but your comment is gas :P
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