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dyscalculia
Also known as disorder of arithmetical skills, mathematics disorder
Dyscalculia is a learning disability resulting in difficulty learning or comprehending arithmetic, such as difficulty in understanding numbers, numeracy, learning how to manipulate numbers, performing mathematical calculations, and learning facts in mathematics. It is sometimes colloquially referred to as "math dyslexia", though this analogy can be misleading as they are distinct syndromes.
Key facts
- Medical condition.name
- Dyscalculia
- Medical condition.synonyms
- Specific learning disorder with impairment in mathematics
- Medical condition.image_size
- 300px
- Medical condition.caption
- An arithmetic worksheet filled in by a dyscalculic child with teachers grading marks obscuring the child penmanship
- Medical condition.field
- Neurology, psychiatry
- Medical condition.symptoms
- Difficulty learning or comprehending mathematics
- Medical condition.complications
- Difficulty with daily tasks
- Medical condition.duration
- Lifelong
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Research
834 papers- The Diagnosis and Treatment of Dyscalculia.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2019
~21 min read
Article
17 sectionsContents
- Signs and symptoms
- Persistence in children
- Persistence in adults
- College students or other adult learners
- Causes
- Magnitude representation deficit
- Access deficit hypothesis
- Diagnosis
- Types
- Treatment
- Epidemiology
- History
- Etymology
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Dyscalculia is a learning disability resulting in difficulty learning or comprehending arithmetic, such as difficulty in understanding numbers, numeracy, learning how to manipulate numbers, performing mathematical calculations, and learning facts in mathematics. It is sometimes colloquially referred to as "math dyslexia", though this analogy can be misleading as they are distinct syndromes.
Dyscalculia is associated with dysfunction in the region around the intraparietal sulcus and potentially also the frontal lobe. Dyscalculia does not reflect a general deficit in cognitive abilities or difficulties with time, measurement, and spatial reasoning. Estimates of the prevalence of dyscalculia range between three and six percent of the population. In 2015, it was established that 11% of children with dyscalculia also have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Dyscalculia has also been associated with Turner syndrome, Down syndrome and people who have spina bifida.