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SUBMITTER: Jolles D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5160046 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior 20160813
Cognitive development is shaped by brain plasticity during childhood, yet little is known about changes in large-scale functional circuits associated with learning in academically relevant cognitive domains such as mathematics. Here, we investigate plasticity of intrinsic brain circuits associated with one-on-one math tutoring and its relation to individual differences in children's learning. We focused on functional circuits associated with the intraparietal sulcus (IPS) and angular gyrus (AG), ...[more]