Zimu Wu, Danushika H Pandigama, Jo Wrigglesworth, Alice Owen, Robyn L Woods, Trevor T-J Chong, Suzanne G Orchard, Raj C Shah, Kerry M Sheets, John J McNeil, Anne M Murray, Joanne Ryan
Lifestyle Enrichment in Later Life and Its Association With Dementia Risk
JAMA network open
large body evidence suggests math learning children built upon innate mechanisms representing numerical quantities intraparietal sulcus ips learning math however processing quantitative information also understanding relations quantities making inferences based relations consistent idea recent behavioral studies suggest ability process transitive relations b b c therefore c may contribute math skills children used fmri coupled longitudinal design determine whether neural processing transitive relations children could predict current future math skills baseline t1 children n 31 processed transitive relations mri scanner math skills measured t1 15 years later t2 using machine learning approach crossvalidation found activity associated representation transitive relations ips predicted math calculation skills t1 t2 study highlights potential neurobiological measures transitive reasoning forecasting math skills children providing additional evidence link type reasoning math learning