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The inhibition capacities of children with mathematical disabilities.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18097799     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Several authors have argued that mathematical disabilities might result from difficulties in inhibiting irrelevant information. The present study addresses this issue by assessing three inhibition functions in 40 ten-year-old children: suppression of irrelevant information from working memory, inhibition of prepotent responses, and interference control. We found no significant differences between children with math disabilities and typically achieving controls, or between children with arithmetic facts disabilities and children with above-average arithmetic facts skills. These findings, along with other empirical evidence and with theoretical considerations, cast doubt on the inhibition deficit hypothesis.
Authors:
Sandrine Censabella; Marie-Pascale Noël
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Child neuropsychology : a journal on normal and abnormal development in childhood and adolescence     Volume:  14     ISSN:  0929-7049     ISO Abbreviation:  Child Neuropsychol     Publication Date:  2008 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-12-21     Completed Date:  2008-03-25     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9512515     Medline TA:  Child Neuropsychol     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1-20     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Unité Cognition & Développement (CODE), Université Catholique de Louvain, 10 place Cardinal Mercier 1348, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium. sandrine.censabella@uclouvain.be
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aptitude*
Child
Cognition*
Humans
Inhibition (Psychology)*
Mathematics*
Memory, Short-Term
Neuropsychological Tests
Psychological Theory
Reaction Time

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