Training the approximate number system improves math proficiency.
Training the approximate number system improves math proficiency.
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DOI:
10.1177/0956797613482944
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发表时间:
2013-10
影响因子:
8.2
通讯作者:
Brannon EM
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作者:
Park J;Brannon EM
Humans share with nonhuman animals an approximate number system (ANS) that permits estimation and rough calculation of number without symbols. Recent studies show a correlation between the acuity of the ANS and symbolic math performance throughout development and into adulthood, suggesting that the ANS may serve as a cognitive foundation for the uniquely human capacity for symbolic mathematics. Such a proposition leads to the untested prediction that training aimed at improving ANS performance will transfer to improvement in symbolic mathematics. Here, in two experiments, we show that ANS training on approximate addition and subtraction of arrays of dots, selectively improves symbolic addition and subtraction. This finding strongly supports the hypothesis that complex math skills are fundamentally linked to rudimentary preverbal quantitative abilities, provides the first direct evidence that ANS and symbolic math may be causally related, and raises the possibility that interventions aimed at the ANS could benefit children and adults who struggle with math.
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