Date: 2013-1-6
OPUSeJ reference number: OPUSeJ 201301061634WMA
Article: http://www.jneurosci.org/content/33/1/156.full.
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Title: Why Mental Arithmetic Counts: Brain activation during single digit arithmetic predicts high-school math scores
Authors: Price, GR , Mazzocco, MMM & Ansari, D
Moderator: Daniel Ansari.
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Academic citations forward:
1) Price, GR , Mazzocco, MMM & Ansari, D, 2013, “Why Mental Arithmetic Counts: Brain Activation during Single Digit Arithmetic Predicts High School Math Scores”, The Journal for Neuroscience 33:1, 156-163. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2936-12.2013. http://www.jneurosci.org/content/33/1/156.full.
Other citations forward: “Western neuroscience study reveals new link between basic math skills and PSAT math success” Depatment of Psychology, 2013, Jeff Renaud. http://communications.uwo.ca/media/singledigitmath/.
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