Mathematics Reasoning and Learning Lab at Rutgers

It's finally here! 😍
Our very own Dr. Rosenberg-Lee AND newly minted Dr. Abreu-Mendoza present at the Hooding Ceremony!

Great job Roberto!

Celebrating our wonderful undergraduates at Research Week 2023!

A special congratulations to our very own Anthony Wasef for receiving an honorable mention for his presentation!

Dr. Miriam Rosenberg-Lee visiting with teachers in Anchieta, Brazil! ✈️

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MRLab's First Year Master's Student (Chinedu Nkwo) at the 2nd Annual RUCARES Autism Conference in Piscataway, NJ!

We are very excited to share a new MRLab paper published in Developmental Science Journal! Special congratulations to our current Ph.D Student, Roberto Abreu!

Parietal and hippocampal hyper‐connectivity is associated with low math achievement in adolescence – A preliminary study Mathematical cognition requires coordinated activity across multiple brain regions, leading to the emergence of resting-state functional connectivity as a method for studying the neural basis of diff...

MRLab is looking for children to participate in a research study.

We are very excited to share a new MRLab paper published in Cognition! Special congratulations to former lab manager, Linsah Coulanges, and current grad student, Roberto Abreu

Linking inhibitory control to math achievement via comparison of conflicting decimal numbers The relationship between executive functions (EF) and academic achievement is well-established, but leveraging this insight to improve educational out…

Congratulations to our graduate student, Roberto Abreu-Mendoza, whose recent paper was published in "Frontiers in Psychology", Check out the paper lined below!

From Non-symbolic to Symbolic Proportions and Back: A Cuisenaire Rod Proportional Reasoning Intervention Enhances Continuous Proportional Reasoning Skills The persistent educational challenges that fractions pose call for developing novel instructional methods to better prepare students for fraction learning. Here, we examined the effects of a 24-session, Cuisenaire rod intervention on a building block for symbolic fraction knowledge, continuous and d...

Congrats to Samer Youssef for his excellent presentation at Rutgers Research Week!

Student research presenters spent almost two hours yesterday discussing their research with peers, faculty, staff, and esteemed judges. After careful consideration, we are thrilled to congratulate Joshua Thompson, Raquel Queiruga, Samer Youssef, and James Perrotta—the winners of the Student Research Showcase!!

Thank you to our wonderful judges for taking the time to support student research!! Dr. Kate Doyle, Dr. Timothy Eatman, Dr. Anne Englot, Jaren Harrell, Dr. Taja-Nia Henderson, Dr. Lynn Kuzma, Nancy Masterson-Newkirk, Dominick Mazzagetti, Dr. Hyacinth Miller, Dr. Kinna Perry, Dr. Piotr Piotrowiak, Kristyn Scorsone, Dr. Angelo Soto-Centeno, Mi Hyun Yoon, and Dr. Anne Van Der Karr.

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Great article by Amy Gravino, a relationship coach with the Rutgers Center for Adult Autism Services, detailing her unique experience as a women with ASD!

Opinion: I now know what caused my autism, which changes everything—and nothing After finding out that a rare genetic condition caused her autism, Amy Gravino writes that she began to remember moments in her life where she saw herself as two people: "Autism Amy," the girl who was bullied throughout childhood for being different, and "Amy Amy," a socially acceptable version of h...

Check out our collaborators’, Dr, Travis Baker’s and Dr. Mei Heng Lin’s, study examining memory and cognitive function in childhood cancer survivors and neurotypical children. If you or someone you know may be interested, please reference the information below!

https://www.npr.org/2021/02/15/968146708/u-k-and-ireland-celebrate-50-years-since-decimal-day Happy Decimal Day!

U.K. And Ireland Celebrate 50 Years Since 'Decimal Day' Until Feb. 15, 1971, Britain had 240 pennies to a pound. There were also two farthings in a ha'penny, three pennies in a bit, two shillings in a florin, and five shillings in a crown.