Definitions
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- noun Impairment of the ability to solve mathematical problems, usually resulting from brain dysfunction.
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- noun pathology Difficulty with
numbers and in doingarithmetic .
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- noun impaired ability to learn grade-appropriate mathematics
Etymologies
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Examples
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A poor performance on such tasks is termed dyscalculia or acalculia and is associated with dominant hemisphere often parietal dysfunction.
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
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Live Science examines the neuropsychology of numbers, and 'dyscalculia' - impairment in the ability to do mathematical operations.
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Live Science examines the neuropsychology of numbers, and 'dyscalculia' - impairment in the ability to do mathematical operations.
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Ben and I share something called dyscalculia, or, simply stated, math dyslexia.www. dyscalculia.org, an individual with dyscalculia may have accelerated language skills, poetic and creative ability, and a good visual memory.
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Recent discoveries point at the fact that a medical condition known as dyscalculia, similar in some ways to dyslexia, is responsible for some people not being able to handle even daily calculations, such as paying for products and receiving their change.
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Another focus of Stanislas Dehaene’s work is a condition called dyscalculia, or number blindness, in which one’s number sense is defective.
HERE’S LOOKING AT EUCLID Alex Bellos 2010
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Another focus of Stanislas Dehaene’s work is a condition called dyscalculia, or number blindness, in which one’s number sense is defective.
HERE’S LOOKING AT EUCLID Alex Bellos 2010
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Another focus of Stanislas Dehaene’s work is a condition called dyscalculia, or number blindness, in which one’s number sense is defective.
HERE’S LOOKING AT EUCLID Alex Bellos 2010
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It is called dyscalculia and it is just starting to get the attention that dyslexia has gotten.
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Understanding dyscalculia has a social urgency, since adults with low numeracy are much more likely to be unemployed or depressed than their peers.
HERE’S LOOKING AT EUCLID Alex Bellos 2010
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Dyslexia, dyspraxia and dyscalculia (difficulty in understanding numbers) sit at about 10%, 6% and 6% respectively.
The truth about ADHD and autism: how many people have it, what causes it, and why are diagnoses soaring? Ian Sample 2024
qms commented on the word dyscalculia
An innumerate chef is reviled.
Her recipes can't be compiled.
Consider if Julia
Had had dyscalculia:
She'd not have been our favored Child.
March 21, 2015