Deductive Reasoning and Math Learning Difficulty

Healthy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Deductive Reasoning and Math Learning Difficulty: an fMRI Study in Children

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03059758
• Other study ID #: 69HCL16_0686
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 15, 2015
• Est. completion date: December 5, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: June 2021
• Source: Hospices Civils de Lyon
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 137
• Est. completion date: December 5, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: November 19, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 8 Years to 14 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Girl or boy between 8 and 14

• Right-handed

• Affiliated to the French social security

• Whose parents gave informed consent

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Healthy

Intervention

Other:
• fMRI
All participants are scanned while evaluating deductive reasoning problems. Their math skill is also assessed.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	CH le Vinatier	Bron

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Hospices Civils de Lyon

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Correlation between brain activity during deductive reasoning and math skill 18 to 24 months later	Brain activity measured using fMRI and math skill measured using a standardized test 18 to 24 months after scanning	18 to 24 months after scanning