A larger hippocampus correlates to better math learning ability

 I find it interesting that with the study subjects it seems to be less about a natural ability to do math and more about a natural ability to learn.  I'd like to see follow-up studies with tutoring in other subject matters.

The day is coming where parents will be able to select for such things in pre-pregnancy consultations.

In a study of third-graders' responses to math tutoring, Stanford scientists found that the size and wiring of specific brain structures predicted how much an individual child would benefit from math tutoring. However, traditional intelligence measures, such as children's IQs and their scores on tests of mathematical ability, did not predict improvements from tutoring.

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Size, wiring of brain structures in kids predict benefit from math tutoring, study says – Office of Communications & Public Affairs – Stanford University School of Medicine
Why do some children learn math more easily than others? Research from the Stanford University School of Medicine has yielded an unexpected new answer. In a study of third-graders’ responses to math tutoring, Stanford scientists found that the size and wiring of specific brain structures …

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  1. Needs a much much larger study. 24 subjects? That's minuscule  Also how the fuck does this press release by the university not have a link to the paper?

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