math skills and the brain

[gib65]

What part(s) of the brain are involved in math skills?

[RyanJ]

What part(s) of the brain are involved in math skills?

 

Have a look here - its located in the right side I think... I'm shure its near the part were logcal thinking is processed. I'd check but my brother has borrowed my encyclopedia...

 

If your interested in the brain here are a few links from my database:

 

http://www.brainmaps.org/

http://science.howstuffworks.com/brain.htm

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/facts.html

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/introb.html

http://www.dana.org/brainweb/

 

Cheers,

 

Ryan Jones

[ashennell]

I found this paper (abstract only):

 

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_aset=V-WA-A-W-W-MsSAYVA-UUW-U-AABVBUAZAZ-AABAYYWVAZ-VZEUZCAAA-W-U&_rdoc=2&_fmt=summary&_udi=B6T0D-3Y15V5C-9&_coverDate=03%2F31%2F2000&_cdi=4860&_orig=search&_st=13&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=971b69ef711b2b0c6272b2064ae159ef

 

Heres the abstract:

 

To explore brain areas involved in basic numerical computation, functional magnetic imagingnext term (fMRI) scanning was performed on college students during performance of three tasks; simple arithmetic, numerical magnitude judgment, and a perceptual-motor control task. For the arithmetic relative to the other tasks, results for all eight subjects revealed bilateral activation in Brodmann’s area 44, in dorsolateral prefrontal previous termcortexnext term (areas 9 and 10), in inferior and superior parietal areas, and in lingual and fusiform gyri. Activation was stronger on the left for all subjects, but only at Brodmann’s area 44 and the parietal previous termcortices.next term No activation was observed in the arithmetic task in several other areas previously implicated for arithmetic, including the angular and supramarginal gyri and the basal ganglia. In fact, angular and supramarginal gyri were significantly deactivated by the verification task relative to both the magnitude judgment and control tasks for every subject. Areas activated by the magnitude task relative to the control were more variable, but in five subjects included bilateral inferior parietal previous termcortex.next term These results confirm some existing hypotheses regarding the neural basis of numerical processes, invite revision of others, and suggest productive lines for future investigation.