Staff profile

Research Summary

My research examines how maths skills are learned in typically developing children and in children with learning disabilities (e.g., dyscalculia and dyslexia). I am especially interested in how the brain supports maths learning, and how education shapes the developing brain.

• arithmetic
• dyscalculia
• dyslexia
• educational neuroscience
• fMRI
• intervention
• mathematical cognition
• numeracy
• reading
• working memory

Journal Article

• Marks, R. A., Pollack, C., Meisler, S. L., D'Mello, A. M., Centanni, T. M., Romeo, R. R., …Christodoulou, J. A. (2024). Neurocognitive mechanisms of co‐occurring math difficulties in dyslexia: Differences in executive function and visuospatial processing. Developmental Science, 27(2), Article e13443. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13443
• Sokolowski, H. M., Matejko, A. A., & Ansari, D. (2023). The role of the angular gyrus in arithmetic processing: a literature review. Brain Structure and Function, 228(1), 293-304. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-022-02594-8
• Laws, M. L., Matejko, A. A., Lozano, M., Napoliello, E., & Eden, G. F. (2022). Dorsal visual stream activity during coherent motion processing is not related to math ability or dyscalculia. NeuroImage: Clinical, 35, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2022.103042
• Matejko, A. A., Lozano, M., Schlosberg, N., McKay, C., Core, L., Revsine, C., …Eden, G. F. (2022). The relationship between phonological processing and arithmetic in children with learning disabilities. Developmental Science, https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13294
• Brignoni‐Pérez, E., Matejko, A. A., Jamal, N. I., & Eden, G. F. (2021). Functional neuroanatomy of arithmetic in monolingual and bilingual adults and children. Human Brain Mapping, 42(15), https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.25587
• Matejko, A. A., & Ansari, D. (2021). Shared Neural Circuits for Visuospatial Working Memory and Arithmetic in Children and Adults. The Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 33(6), https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01695
• Roell, M., Cachia, A., Matejko, A., Houdé, O., Ansari, D., & Borst, G. (2021). Sulcation of the intraparietal sulcus is related to symbolic but not non-symbolic number skills. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 51, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2021.100998
• Brault Foisy, L., Matejko, A. A., Ansari, D., & Masson, S. (2020). Teachers as Orchestrators of Neuronal Plasticity: Effects of Teaching Practices on the Brain. Mind, Brain, and Education, 14(4), https://doi.org/10.1111/mbe.12257
• Torre, G., Matejko, A., & Eden, G. (2020). The relationship between brain structure and proficiency in reading and mathematics in children, adolescents, and emerging adults. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 45, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2020.100856
• Matejko, A. A., & Ansari, D. (2019). The neural association between arithmetic and basic numerical processing depends on arithmetic problem size and not chronological age. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 37, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2019.100653
• Matejko, A. A., Hutchison, J. E., & Ansari, D. (2019). Developmental specialization of the left intraparietal sulcus for symbolic ordinal processing. Cortex, 114, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2018.11.027
• Torre, G. A., McKay, C. C., & Matejko, A. A. (2019). The Early Language Environment and the Neuroanatomical Foundations for Reading. Journal of Neuroscience, 39(7), https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.2895-18.2018
• Matejko, A. A., & Ansari, D. (2018). Contributions of functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) to the study of numerical cognition. Journal of Numerical Cognition, 4(3), https://doi.org/10.5964/jnc.v4i3.136
• Matejko, A. A., & Ansari, D. (2017). How do individual differences in children's domain specific and domain general abilities relate to brain activity within the intraparietal sulcus during arithmetic? An fMRI study. Human Brain Mapping, 38(8), https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.23640
• Merkley, R., Matejko, A. A., & Ansari, D. (2017). Strong causal claims require strong evidence: A commentary on Wang and colleagues. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 153, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2016.07.008
• Merkley, R., Wilkey, E., & Matejko, A. (2016). Exploring the Origins and Development of the Visual Number Form Area: A Functionally Specialized and Domain-Specific Region for the Processing of Number Symbols?. Journal of Neuroscience, 36(17), https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.0710-16.2016
• Matejko, A. A., & Ansari, D. (2016). Trajectories of Symbolic and Nonsymbolic Magnitude Processing in the First Year of Formal Schooling. PLoS ONE, 11(3), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149863
• Matejko, A. A., & Ansari, D. (2015). Drawing connections between white matter and numerical and mathematical cognition: A literature review. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 48, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2014.11.006
• Pincham, H. L., Matejko, A. A., Obersteiner, A., Killikelly, C., Abrahao, K. P., Benavides-Varela, S., …Vuillier, L. (2014). Forging a new path for Educational Neuroscience: An international young-researcher perspective on combining neuroscience and educational practices. Trends in Neuroscience and Education, 3(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tine.2014.02.002
• Matejko, A. (2014). White Matter Counts: Brain Connections Help Us Do 2+2. Frontiers for Young Minds, 2, https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2014.00019
• Matejko, A. A., Price, G. R., Mazzocco, M. M., & Ansari, D. (2013). Individual differences in left parietal white matter predict math scores on the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test. NeuroImage, 66, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.10.045