Don't Get Math? ; Researchers Say You May Be Able to Blame It On Your Brain

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Can't calculate a tip or even balance your checkbook? Take heart; maybe you can blame your brain -- specifically, the parietal cortex in the top back part of the head. And it could be a problem that has roots not in a failed arithmetic or "new math" lesson, but even earlier.

Recent findings indicate that how well 3-year-olds estimate quantities predicts their math ability in elementary school. Another study funded by the National Institutes of Health showed that the innate capacity to estimate is impaired in children who have a math learning disability.

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Don't Get Math? ; Researchers Say You May Be Able to Blame It On Your Brain

The findings are so new that there's no widely accepted way to diagnose what's known as dyscalculia, nor any set strategies for coping with it -- even though 5 percent to 8 percent of the population is...

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