How Can I Use Neuroscience to Improve My Math Abilities?

[Chris Riccard]

how do I self test to find out my math capabilities. for instance I found out one day that I was missing a placeholder when doing carry overs in an algo of math sence, that seems to have been restored. but something that has been nagging me is where and how do I figure out the circuitry of the brain when it comes to math externally, should I approach it like a combinatorics style of doing basic math problems while trying to gain insight into my internal processing? or maybe someone (I'm sure) has looked into this.

book suggestions on how the brain processes math would be great. I have a cognition book on my waiting list but haven't looked into it yet.

 

[Drakkith]

how do I self test to find out my math capabilities. for instance I found out one day that I was missing a placeholder when doing carry overs in an algo of math sence, that seems to have been restored. but something that has been nagging me is where and how do I figure out the circuitry of the brain when it comes to math externally, should I approach it like a combinatorics style of doing basic math problems while trying to gain insight into my internal processing?

The only way to test your mathematical abilities is to put in a lot of time and effort into learning math. Trying to learn how the brain processes math is not going to help you in my opinion. It will just take up time and effort that would be better spent elsewhere. I don't think we even know all the details of how the brain does math.

 

[Chris Riccard]

i just looked on my computer and low and behold I found the mit encyclopedia of cognitive sciences, even more valuable than the info it contains is the book references and papers it lists. but I think your right I should spend most of my time doing the math.