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Brain Correlates of Non-Symbolic Numerosity Estimation in Low and High Mathematical Ability Children 1,3 1 1,2 1 1 1 Yulia Kovas *, Vincent Giampietro , Essi Viding , Virginia Ng , Michael Brammer , Gareth J. Barker , ´ 1, Robert Plomin1 Francesca G. E. Happe 1 Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom, 2 Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London, London, United Kingdom, 3 Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, United Kingdom Abstract Previous studies have implicated several brain areas as subserving numerical approximation. Most studies have examined brain correlates of adult numerical approximation and have not considered individual differences in mathematical ability. The present study examined non-symbolic numerical approximation in two groups of 10-year-olds: Children with low and high mathematical ability. The aims of this study were to investigate the brain mechanisms associated with approximate numerosity in children and to assess whether individual differences in mathematical ability are associated with differential brain correlates during the approximation task. The results suggest that, similarly to adults, multiple and distributed brain areas are involved in approximation in children. Despite equal behavioral performance, there were differences in the brain activation patterns between low and high mathematical ability groups during the approximation task. This suggests that individual differences in mathematical ability are reflected in differential brain response during approximation. Citation: Kovas Y, Giampietro V, Viding E, Ng V, Brammer M, et al. (2009) Brain Correlates of Non-Symb