Purpose: Children with velocardiofacial syndrome (VCFS) often have deficits in mathematical reasoning. Previous research has suggested that structural abnormalities in the parietal lobe region might ...

Low levels of the brain's main inhibitory neurotransmitter, GABA, in the left middle frontal gyrus are associated with lack of math education in adolescents, a study finds. Math education is ...

Last week, Google Research held an online workshop on the conceptual understanding of deep learning. The workshop, which featured presentations by award-winning computer scientists and neuroscientists ...

There’s a curious contradiction at the heart of today’s most capable AI models that purport to “reason”: They can solve routine math problems with accuracy, yet when faced with formulating deeper ...

Quick: what’s 4 + 5? Nine right? Slightly less quick: what’s five plus four? Still nine, right? Okay, let’s wait a few seconds. Bear with me. Feel free to have a quick stretch. You’ve just performed a ...

A team of researchers at UCL and UCLH have identified the key brain regions that are essential for logical thinking and problem solving. The findings, published in Brain, help to increase our ...

Think math is just about numbers and equations? Think again. Research analyzed 49 studies with 37,654 participants and discovered something remarkable: reading comprehension had a significantly strong ...

As a mathematics education researcher, I study how math instruction impacts students' learning, from following standard math procedures to understanding mathematical concepts. Focusing on the latter, ...

Artificial intelligence has moved from checking homework to attacking problems that professional mathematicians once treated ...

X Premium Plus subscribers have first access to the flagship Grok model, but face a hefty price hike. X Premium Plus subscribers have first access to the flagship Grok model, but face a hefty price ...

Carina Hong, a brilliant mathematician, has left formal studies to found Axiom Math. The company aims to build artificial intelligence capable of advanced mathematical reasoning. Hong has already ...