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Vinod Menon, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
"Cognitive Neuroscience of Mental Arithmetic"
ABSTRACT:
Arithmetic reasoning is arguably one of the most important cognitive skills
a child must master. In this talk, I will summarize our current
understanding of the cognitive and neural bases of mental arithmetic. I
will describe findings from our recent brain imaging studies of both
typical and atypical mental arithmetic skill development. Finally, I will
describe how our studies provide new insights into long-term memory
consolidation, and how this consolidation impacts the development of
arithmetic skills and knowledge.