{"id":244600,"date":"2026-09-29T01:29:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T06:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/brain-differences-may-explain-why-some-children-struggle-at-math"},"modified":"2026-09-29T01:29:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T06:29:15","slug":"brain-differences-may-explain-why-some-children-struggle-at-math","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/brain-differences-may-explain-why-some-children-struggle-at-math","title":{"rendered":"Brain Differences May Explain Why Some Children Struggle at Math"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/brain-differences-may-explain-why-some-children-struggle-at-math3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Differences in brain activity are linked to difficulties using and adapting math problem-solving strategies in children with developmental dyscalculia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Choosing how to tackle a math problem can be a challenge of its own for children with developmental dyscalculia, a condition marked by persistent difficulty with math problem-solving.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/tag\/stanford-university\/\">Stanford University<\/a> study connects these struggles with differences in brain activity, offering clues to the processes behind a condition that remains poorly understood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Differences in brain activity are linked to difficulties using and adapting math problem-solving strategies in children with developmental dyscalculia. Choosing how to tackle a math problem can be a challenge of its own for children with developmental dyscalculia, a condition marked by persistent difficulty with math problem-solving. A Stanford University study connects these struggles with [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2229,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-244600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mathematics","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244600\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}