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Interventions in Mathematics and Cognitive Skills
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Interventions in Math Learning Disabilities: Cognitive and Neural Correlates
Who can join
Ages 6 to 12 · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Elementary school aged children starting from first grade (6-12 years old) 2. IQ: Participants with a Full Scale IQ \> 70 on the Wechsler Abbreviated Scle of Intelligence (WASI-II). 3. Identification of Mathematical Learning Disabilities: Scores below the 35th percentile percentile on symbolic number processing test in Numeracy Screener and two or more Wechsler Individual Achievement Test (WIAT-IV) math subtests 4. Identification of typically developing children: Scores at or above the 35th percentile percentile on symbolic number processing test in Numeracy Screener and all WIAT-IV math subtests 5. Normal or corrected-to-normal vision and no hearing impairments 6. Inclusion in MRI scan session: Right-handed Exclusion Criteria: 1. History of neurological or psychiatric disorder (i.e., schizophrenia, psychosis, depression, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.) 2. History of trauma involving head injury 3. Consistent psychiatric medications 4. Exclusion from MRI scan session: No major contraindication for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) - braces, metal implants, pacemakers, vascular stents, metallic ear tubes, consistent exposure to metal, claustrophobia)
About the study
The purpose of this study is to investigate neurocognitive mechanisms underlying response to intervention aimed at enhancing, and remediating weaknesses in, numerical skills in children, including those with mathematical learning disabilities (MLD).
What is being tested
- Interventions in Mathematics and Cognitive Skills - Experimental (other)
- Interventions in Mathematics and Cognitive Skills - Active Comparator (other)
Sponsor: Stanford University · Participants: 180 · Started: May 5, 2023
Contact the study team
- Vinod Menon, PhD · Phone: 16507363699
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT05201534
Locations in the U.S.
| California | Stanford Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience Laboratory, Palo Alto |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.