Deductive Reasoning and Math Learning Difficulty

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Healthy
• Interventions: Other: fMRI

• Registration Number: NCT03059758
• Lead Sponsor: Hospices Civils de Lyon

Brief Summary

Most studies to date that have examined the factors underlying math achievement in children have focused on basic numerical knowledge. Yet, math skills are clearly not limited to basic numerical knowledge and recent behavioral studies suggest a relationship between math and deductive reasoning skills. The goal of this study is to determine the neural mediators of this relationship using functional magnetic resonance imaging. The investigators will ask children from 8 to 14 to complete a standardized math achievement test, and measure their brain activity while they process deductive arguments. The investigators will then correlate brain activity during reasoning to individual math skills to identify the brain regions in which activity during reasoning is modulated by math skill.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-04-15
• Study First Submitted: 2017-02-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-02-20
• Study First Posted: 2017-02-23
• Primary Completion: 2018-11-19
• Study Completion: 2018-12-05
• Status Verified: 2021-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-06-17
• Last Update Posted: 2021-06-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 137

Inclusion Criteria

• Girl or boy between 8 and 14
• Right-handed
• Affiliated to the French social security
• Whose parents gave informed consent

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Exclusion Criteria

• Neurological disorders
• Psychiatric disorders
• Birth complications requiring admission into neonatal intensive care unit
• Medication affecting central nervous system processing
• Significant hearing impairment
• Uncorrected visual impairment
• Non-native French speaker
• Contraindications for MRI

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Brain activity during reasoning and measure of math skill	fMRI	Brain activity during reasoning and measure of math skill

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Correlation between brain activity during deductive reasoning and math skill 18 to 24 months later	18 to 24 months after scanning	Brain activity measured using fMRI and math skill measured using a standardized test 18 to 24 months after scanning

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CH le Vinatier; 🇫🇷 Bron, France