The Design of Stimulus Tasks To Promote Interdisciplinary Research in Brain-Based Research in Mathematics

• In Event: Roundtable Session 31
  In Roundtable Session: Issues in Brain, Neuroscience, and Education

Abstract

Progress at the intersection of cognitive neuroscience and mathematics education is most likely to occur when both disciplines can share data over common stimulus tasks. Ideally, stimulus tasks for use in fMRI, ERP or other methodologies should simultaneously inform theorizing in cognitive neuroscience and in mathematics education. A growing number of published research studies in neuromathematics are now available to begin to describe design principles for the effectiveness of these tasks, and for locating equally powerful tasks in other related literatures. We will report on progress to create stimulus tasks taxonomies, drawing from research in neuromathematics, mathematics education research and neuropsychology.

Authors

• Anthony E. Kelly, George Mason University

• John Y. Baek, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• Mary Layne Kalbfleisch, George Washington University