Effect of event-related potential about abacus mental calculation training on children&apos; numbers judgment.

SUN Yan-chao; LIU Xiao-qin; GAO Wei-xing; JIA Li-ping

doi:10.11852/zgetbjzz2016-24-09-18

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Chinese Journal of Child Health Care ›› 2016, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (9) : 954-957. DOI: 10.11852/zgetbjzz2016-24-09-18

Effect of event-related potential about abacus mental calculation training on children' numbers judgment.

SUN Yan-chao, LIU Xiao-qin, GAO Wei-xing, JIA Li-ping

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Objective To explore the impact of abacus mental calculation on children's numbers judgment. Method The study investigated numerical size judgment on both abacus mental children and common children who didn't receive abacus mental calculation (AMC) training by the application of event-related potential (ERP). Results According to behavioral data,the result showed reaction time that AMC children spending on numerical judgment was shorter than that of common children.According to ERP data,two groups' children had some differences at their early stage of number cognitive processing.Compared with common children,AMC children tended to have higher P1 amplitude in their occipital area and higher N1 amplitude in their prefrontal lobe.However,they turned to have lower P2 amplitude in their left frontal lobe and lower P3 amplitude in their parietal lobe.AMC children were proved to have faster P2 latency than that of common children. Conclusion AMC training can influence children at both early stage and middle stage of number processing.

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abacus mental calculation / children / number cognition

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SUN Yan-chao, LIU Xiao-qin, GAO Wei-xing, JIA Li-ping. Effect of event-related potential about abacus mental calculation training on children' numbers judgment.[J]. Chinese Journal of Child Health Care. 2016, 24(9): 954-957 https://doi.org/10.11852/zgetbjzz2016-24-09-18

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