Visual sustained attention and numerosity sensitivity correlate with math achievement in children

Anobile, Giovanni; Stievano, Paolo; Burr, David

doi:10.1016/j.jecp.2013.06.006

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“…Regarding calculation, the data indicate that in the first class the Rapid Visual Attention Factor helps to explain the numerical knowledge [51]. This finding is consistent with the view that first grade schoolers use a mental model for calculation that requires rapid visuospatial attention.…”

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confidence: 80%

“…In particular, we emphasize the importance of attentional factor and other attentional processes (that factor analysis excluded in the factor) on the development of reading, writing and calculation. The Rapid Visual Attention Factor contributes to rapidity in reading, speed in writing and numerical knowledge in first grade children, confirming the predictive role of visual attention on initial learning in this age group [35,51].…”

Section: Predictive Relationship Between Attention and Learningsupporting

confidence: 52%

“…This finding is consistent with the view that pre-schoolers use a mental model for calculation that requires visuospatial active attention. In other studies, visuospatial attention and memory appear to be more important in pre-schoolers than in older children [50,51]. Visual spatial skills are also particularly involved in approximate arithmetic, rather than exact arithmetic [52].…”

Section: Calculation and Attentionmentioning

confidence: 69%

“…On the basis of the literature [35,51] the assumption is that there is a greater involvement of visuospatial skills in early learning.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Attentional Factors Involved in Learning in the First Grade

Bigozzi

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Pezzica

2016

J. Intellect. Disabl. Diagn. Treat.

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Abstract:In the school population, attentional problems are one of the most frequent causes of failure in learning; sometimes these take the form of a specific deficit and in other cases an attention disorder occurs in comorbidity with a learning disorder. It seems crucial to focus on what peculiar characteristics of attention are involved in basic learning in order to contribute to the diagnostic order and to arrange paths of development.This research aims to verify the weight of the different components of attention involved in the outcomes of the first stages of learning.A total of 69 children (34 males and 35 females, aged 6.4±1.1 years and 7.3±1.2 years respectively) in first grade, participated in the study. The results of the correlational analysis carried out show that there are specific significant relationships between the various components of attention and performance in reading, writing and calculation. In particular, visual attention appears to be the aspect most involved in the initial development of the learning of these three abilities.

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Section: Predictive Relationship Between Attention and Learningsupporting

confidence: 80%

Section: Predictive Relationship Between Attention and Learningsupporting

confidence: 52%

Section: Calculation and Attentionmentioning

confidence: 69%

“…On the basis of the literature [35,51] the assumption is that there is a greater involvement of visuospatial skills in early learning.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Attentional Factors Involved in Learning in the First Grade

Bigozzi

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Pezzica

2016

J. Intellect. Disabl. Diagn. Treat.

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“…Evidence for this idea includes the fact that ANS acuity of typical school-and preschool-aged children have been found positively correlated with their actual and future math skills (Anobile, Stievano, & Burr, 2013;Chen & Li, 2014;Halberda, Mazzocco, & Feigenson, 2008;Libertus, Feigenson, & Halberda, 2011, 2013Pinheiro-Chagas et al, 2014;Starr, Libertus, & Brannon, 2013) -but see also (Lyons, Price, Vaessen, Blomert, & Ansari, 2014;Sasanguie, Defever, Maertens, & Reynvoet, 2014). Furthermore, dyscalculic children have often been found to have poorer numerosity thresholds (Mazzocco, Feigenson, & Halberda, 2011;Piazza et al, 2010) -but see also Rousselle and Noel (2007) for a different account.…”

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Connecting visual objects reduces perceived numerosity and density for sparse but not dense patterns

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How is numerosity encoded by the visual system? -directly, or derived indirectly from texture density? We recently suggested that the numerosity of sparse patterns is encoded directly by dedicated mechanisms (which have been described as the "Approximate Number System" ANS). However, at high dot densities, where items become "crowded" and difficult to segregate, "texture-density" mechanisms come into play. Here we tested the importance of item segmentation on numerosity and density perception at various stimulus densities, by measuring the effect of connecting visual objects with thin lines. The results confirmed many previous studies showing that connecting items robustly reduces the apparent numerosity of patterns of moderate density. We further showed that the apparent density of moderatedensity patterns is also reduced by connecting the dots. Crucially, we found that both these effects are strongly reduced at higher numerosities. Indeed for density judgments, the effect reverses, so connecting dots in dense patterns increases the apparent density (as expected from the physical characteristics). The results provide clear support for the three-regime framework of number perception, and suggest that for moderately sparse stimuli, numerosity -but not texture-density -is perceived directly.

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Nobre

2018

Stevens' Handbook of Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience

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Attention refers to the set of ever‐present functions that prioritize and select information to guide adaptive behavior. As such, it is fundamental to almost all aspects of cognition. In this chapter, we review the psychological and neuroscientific literatures concerned with understanding its principles and mechanisms. We chart the scientific advances that have brought us to the appreciation that all levels of information processing are continuously, proactively, and dynamically modulated according to our goals, motivations, and memories.

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Visual sustained attention and numerosity sensitivity correlate with math achievement in children

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Attentional Factors Involved in Learning in the First Grade

Attentional Factors Involved in Learning in the First Grade

Connecting visual objects reduces perceived numerosity and density for sparse but not dense patterns

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