Learning-Challenged Youth Show an Abnormal Relationship Between Fronto-Parietal Myelination and Mathematical Ability.
Ronan DenyerSarah R MorrisBrian GreeleyJennifer K FerrisKatherine WhiteCornelia LauleLara A BoydRachel C WeberPublished in: Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging (2020)
Our results suggest that in typically developing youth, brain myelination contributes to individual differences in basic math achievement. In contrast, youth with learning challenges appear to have less capacity to leverage myelin to improve math achievement.