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 Abilities (LAMBDA) project – a longitudinal behavioral and fMRI study of fractions processing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (PI Edward Hubbard; Co-PI Percival Matthews, project summary below), currently in its third year.  This is a 2-year appointment
 that will begin Summer 2019, with the possibility of extension for a third. </span>
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 working with imaging in developmental populations. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
 </span>Experience with neuroimaging analysis programs (e.g., AFNI, FSL, SPM, or other relevant programs), stimulus presentation programs (e.g., E-prime, Presentation, Cogent/Psychtoolbox [MATLAB]), and statistical analysis (e.g., MATLAB, R, SPSS) is required.
 Excellent scientific writing skills and strong publication records are highly desired. Applicants should be able to work independently and with minimal supervision, but should also demonstrate interpersonal skills and an interest in working collaboratively. </span></p>
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 and the names and contact information for three potential references, by electronic mail to
<span style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline"><a href="mailto:prifti@wisc.edu">prifti@wisc.edu</a></span> with POSTDOC INQUIRY in the subject line.
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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 is a foundational skill for establishing mathematical competence. Despite the importance of fraction knowledge, children and adults often encounter considerable difficulties understanding fractions. To explain these widespread difficulties, many researchers
 have argued for an innate constraints account. They propose that fractions are difficult because they do not correspond to any preexisting categories in our brain, unlike</span></p>
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 they do not benefit from existing cognitive abilities and instead must be learned through adapting children’s whole number understanding.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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 from neuroscience, developmental psychology and education. We argue that a primitive cognitive architecture that we dub the ratio processing system (RPS) is tuned to the processing of non-symbolic fractions—such as the relative length of two lines or the relative
 area of two figures—and is present even before formal instruction. On this view, children are equipped with cognitive mechanisms that support fractions concepts in the same way that the ability to process countable sets equips them to learn about whole numbers. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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 (2nd graders until 5th grade and 5th graders until 8th grade; currently in Year 3, so children are in 3<sup>rd</sup>/4<sup>th</sup> and 6<sup>th</sup>/7<sup>th</sup> grade) using behavioral and brain imaging methods to (a) trace the development of non-symbolic
 fraction processing abilities, (b) determine how symbolic fraction knowledge relates to these abilities and (c) investigate whether individual differences in the RPS predict later math achievement. To test whether the acuity or recruitment of these non-symbolic
 architectures plays a role in difficulties with fractions as well as general math learning difficulties, the study team will compare the behavioral performance and neural activity on a battery of cognitive tasks.</span></p>
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 practices that are optimal for fraction learning. Improving fractions understanding would help children to clear a critical hurdle in the acquisition of higher-order mathematical competencies that impact educational, employment, and even health outcomes. If
 cognitive primitives for non-symbolic fractions can provide a foundation for the acquisition of symbolic fraction ability, then instruction should attempt to recruit these primitives. If deficits in these primitives contribute to math learning difficulties,
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