The change of the brain activation patterns as children learn algebra equation solving

Yulin Qin; Cameron S Carter; Eli M. Silk; V. Andrew Stenger; Kate Fissell; Adam Goode; John R. Anderson

doi:10.1073/pnas.0401227101

The change of the brain activation patterns as children learn algebra equation solving

Yulin Qin, Cameron S Carter, Eli M. Silk, V. Andrew Stenger, Kate Fissell, Adam Goode, John R. Anderson

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

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In a brain imaging study of children learning algebra, it is shown that the same regions are active in children solving equations as are active in experienced adults solving equations. As with adults, practice in symbol manipulation produces a reduced activation in prefrontal cortex area. However, unlike adults, practice seems also to produce a decrease in a parietal area that is holding an image of the equation. This finding suggests that adolescents' brain responses are more plastic and change more with practice. These results are integrated in a cognitive model that predicts both the behavioral and brain imaging results.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	5686-5691
Number of pages	6
Journal	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume	101
Issue number	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0401227101
State	Published - Apr 13 2004

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The change of the brain activation patterns as children learn algebra equation solving. / Qin, Yulin; Carter, Cameron S; Silk, Eli M.; Stenger, V. Andrew; Fissell, Kate; Goode, Adam; Anderson, John R.

In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 101, No. 15, 13.04.2004, p. 5686-5691.

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