Approximate Number System Discrimination Training for 7-8 Year Olds Improves Approximate, but not Exact, Arithmetics, and Only in Children With Low Pre-Training Arithmetic Scores

We investigated whether training the Approximate Number System (ANS) would transfer to improved arithmetic performance in 7-8 year olds compared to a control group. All children participated in Pre- and Post-Training assessments of exact symbolic arithmetic (additions and subtractions) and approxima...

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Main Authors: Nuria Ferres-Forga, Justin Halberda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Insitute for Psychology 2020-12-01
Series:Journal of Numerical Cognition
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Online Access:https://jnc.psychopen.eu/index.php/jnc/article/view/277