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A Review of the Effects of Abacus Training on Cognitive Functions and Neural Systems in Humans

Our review of the existing literature suggests that abacus-based mental calculation (AMC) training has the potential to enhance various cognitive skills including mathematics, working memory and numerical magnitude processing. via @openculture

by Chunjie Wang (from the archives)

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7492585/

Japan's ancient secret to better cognitive memory - BBC
https://youtu.be/s6OmqXCsYt8

#neuroscience

Line art drawing of an abacus

Bi-quinary coded decimal-like abacus representing 1,352,964,708

Structure of this Chinese abacus:
Rectangular wooden frame
Horizontal divider separating upper and lower beads
Vertical wires or rods (10 visible in this illustration)
Upper deck: Contains 2 beads per rod (each representing 5)
Lower deck: Contains 5 beads per rod (each representing 1)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abacus#/media/File:Abacus_(PSF).png — Line art drawing of an abacus Bi-quinary coded decimal-like abacus representing 1,352,964,708 Structure of this Chinese abacus: Rectangular wooden frame Horizontal divider separating upper and lower beads Vertical wires or rods (10 visible in this illustration) Upper deck: Contains 2 beads per rod (each representing 5) Lower deck: Contains 5 beads per rod (each representing 1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abacus#/media/File:Abacus_(PSF).png

        A Review of the Effects of Abacus Training on Cognitive Functions and Neural Systems in Humans - PMC
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Abacus, which represents numbers via a visuospatial format, is a traditional device to facilitate arithmetic operations. Skilled abacus users, who have acquired the ability of abacus-based mental calculation (AMC), can perform fast and accurate ...

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