ERIC Number: EJ1129717
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-2194
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Old/New Effect of Digital Memory Retrieval in Chinese Dyscalculia: Evidence from ERP
Wang, Enguo; Du, Chenguang; Ma, Yujun
Journal of Learning Disabilities, v50 n2 p158-167 Mar-Apr 2017
This study reports the neurophysiological and behavioral correlates of digital memory retrieval features in Chinese individuals with and without dyscalculia. A total of 18 children with dyscalculia (ages 11.5-13.5) and 18 controls were tested, and their event-related potentials were digitally recorded simultaneously with behavior measurement. Behavioral data showed that the dyscalculia group had lower hit rates and higher false rates than the control group. The electroencephalography results showed that both groups had a significant old/new effect and that this effect was greater in the control group. In the 300 to 400 ms processing stages, both groups showed significant differences in digital memory retrieval in the frontal regions. In the 400 to 500 and 500 to 600 ms epochs, the old/new effect in the control group was significantly greater than it was in the dyscalculia group at the frontal, central, and parietal regions. In the 600 to 700 ms processing stages, both groups showed significant differences in digital memory retrieval in the frontal, central, parietal, and occipital regions. These results suggest that individuals with dyscalculia exhibit impaired digital memory retrieval. Extraction failure may be an important cause of calculation difficulties.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities, Mathematics Skills, Children, Diagnostic Tests, Brain, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Memory, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Recall (Psychology), Intelligence Tests, Numbers, Responses, Reaction Time, Stimuli, Accuracy
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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