This method will hopefully lead to more effective and less invasive ways to diagnose conditions with the brain.

Scientists in Germany argue that about one-fifth of math ability can be traced back to grey matter volume in the brain, influence ... suggesting that genetics are part of a bigger puzzle.

The underlying assumption is that the brain ... math or how to fry eggs—they also, he says, struggle to comprehend how a sentence derives meaning from the structure of its parts.

But little by little, the answer to the conundrum came into focus ... in the brain while a person engages in abstract and demanding thought—so we designed a study involving math expertise.

The math isn’t that hard ... The rider represents the rational part of the brain. The elephant stands in for your emotional side. In a perfect world, the rider and elephant work together.

From zero sprang the laws of the universe, number theory and modern mathematics ... numbers and found that the brain processes large numbers differently than smaller ones. Then they went back to their ...

Researchers found that electrical noise stimulation over the frontal part of the brain improved the mathematical ability of people whose brain was less excited (by mathematics) before the application ...

A key part—though surely not the only part—of early-grades math is ensuring students get ... and long division enter the picture—allowing them to focus on more complex problem-solving ...