Calister Lebechukwu Nwadi, Moses Onyemaechi Ede, Glory Mmachukwu Nwakpadolu, Joy Oluchukwu Okoro, Eucharia Amaka Onu, Udochukwu M Emeghebo, Amaka Bibian Ezeanwu, Kingsley Asogu Ogbonna, Patricia U Agu, Ogechi Nkemjika, Nneka Nwosu, Godwin Keres Okereke, Sebastian O Onah, Mercy Benedette Ifeoma Uba, Emmanuel Ifeanyi Obeagu
Impact of stress coping strategy in modifying perceptions of school stress among adult learners enrolled in Home Economics and Indigenous Textiles Education in Nigerian Universities
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studies mathematics learning field educational neuroscience focused neural correlates elementary numerical processing skills children little known complex mathematical skills formally taught school arithmetic using functional magnetic resonance imaging present study investigated brain activation singledigit addition subtraction modulated problem size arithmetic operation 28 children aged 1012 years different levels arithmetical fluency commensurate adult data large problems subtractions activated frontoparietal network including intraparietal sulci latter indicates influence quantitybased processes procedural strategy execution different adults present findings revealed particularly left hippocampus active solution problems expected solved means fact retrieval ie small problems addition suggesting specific role hippocampus early stages learning arithmetic facts children low levels arithmetical fluency showed higher activation right intraparietal sulcus solution problems relatively small problem size indicating continued rely greater extent quantitybased strategies problems children relatively higher arithmetical fluency already retrieved memory might represent neural correlate fact retrieval impairments children mathematical difficulties