Dyscalculia study
DYSCALCULIA – the mathematical equivalent of dyslexia – is more common than its literacy counterpart, research has found.
A new study of 1,500 children found 3% to 6% showed signs of dyscalculia, whereas 2.5% to 4.3% had dyslexic symptoms.
Sufferers of dyscalculia – the word coming from Greek and Latin meaning "counting badly" – have difficulty with numeracy.
Professor Brian Butterworth, a dyscalculia expert from the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London, undertook the study in Cuba with the Cuban Centre for Neuroscience.
He said: "Increasingly the evidence shows dyscalculia is just as common as dyslexia and yet it is not recognised nearly as widely. Many individuals may be unaware they have this condition."
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