Brain scans can predict which children's math skills will improve the most with tutoring, a new study suggests. The research, published today (April 29) in the journal Proceedings of the National ...

Brain scans may be able to predict which kids are likely to improve their math skills in school and which ones are not, and they do it better than IQ or math tests, researchers reported Tuesday. The ...

When you’re solving a challenging math problem, you know your brain is working hard. But what, exactly, is going on in there? Despite decades of research into math teaching and learning, there is ...

On the face of it, math has a whole lot to do with the way we physically see the world. Whether it is adding up the number of people in front of us in a supermarket line or checking the numbers on a ...

Key Points ・UC San Diego’s own faculty report shows a thirtyfold jump since 2020 in freshmen arriving with math skills below ...

How a centuries-old math puzzle helped us see inside the human brain. By Steven Strogatz Photo illustrations by Jens Mortensen Each installment of “Math, Revealed” starts with an object, uncovers the ...

People who hate math now have a good reason: It hurts. New research shows that math actually equals pain for some, in the brain at least. Comparing the brain scans of people with math anxiety with ...