Event Details

Date:
Wednesday, 20 April 2016 - Wednesday, 20 April 2016
Time:
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room:
QBI Level 7 Auditorium
UQ Location:
Queensland Brain Institute (St Lucia)
URL:
http://www.qbi.uq.edu.au/neuroscience-seminars
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Event Contact

Name:
Ms Deirdre Wilson
Phone:
3346 6300
Email:
d.wilson5@uq.edu.au
Org. Unit:
Queensland Brain Institute

Event Description

Full Description:
Professor Brian Butterworth, Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience & Dept. Psychology, University College London, UK

Title: Mathematical disabilities

Abstract: Although the mathematical brain in humans is structurally relatively well-defined, the effects of damage to it can take a wide variety of forms. I discuss some of these and suggest how clinicians can identify them. By contrast, there is one form of congenital disability – usually termed ‘dyscalculia’ – caused by a core deficit in numerosity processing, and I propose that this condition is easy to identify even in kindergarten, and provides a key target for educational intervention.

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St Lucia Campus | Gatton campus.

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