Re: Possible cause? Are you bad at math?

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Interesting . . . My son who has 4S is also “gifted” in math, however your description below could still be a “root cause” for some other people here. From: Soundsensitivity [mailto:Soundsensitivity ] On Behalf Of jessica92473Sent: Monday, May 30, 2011 2:09 PMTo: Soundsensitivity Subject: Possible cause? Are you bad at math? I found something really interesting today... As I was struggling to learn simple college math equations, and I mean really struggling... I got so frustrated and googled " math learning disability " and I found a wikipedia article about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DyscalculiaI was scrolling through the symptoms and one of them is: " Low latent inhibition, i.e., over-sensitivity to noise, smell, light and the inability to tune out, filtering unwanted information or impressions. Might have a well-developed sense of imagination due to this (possibly as cognitive compensation to mathematical-numeric deficits) " Sounds a little bit like us...I might be grasping at nothing, but I thought I'd post it here just in case.

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I found something really interesting today... As I was struggling to learn simple college math equations, and I mean really struggling... I got so frustrated and googled " math learning disability " and I found a wikipedia article about it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyscalculia

I was scrolling through the symptoms and one of them is:

" Low latent inhibition, i.e., over-sensitivity to noise, smell, light and the inability to tune out, filtering unwanted information or impressions. Might have a well-developed sense of imagination due to this (possibly as cognitive compensation to mathematical-numeric deficits) "

Sounds a little bit like us...

I might be grasping at nothing, but I thought I'd post it here just in case.

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No. Mathematics was my best subject at high school and I have worked as a

" number cruncher " for decades. So 4S and dyscalculia don't necessarily go

together, and no one knows how often they do go together anyway. In any case,

lots of people have sensory problems like those mentioned in the dyscalculia

article without having 4S in particular.

But dyscalculia looks rather like a neurological problem and might be an

indication that you are genetically " different " - and that you might have other

genetic differences too, and your sound sensitivity could be one of them. Maybe.

We know so little about 4S.

But it certainly is interesting that people with dyscalculia show an increased

likelihood of sensory problems. It is not an obvious symptom of difficulties

with mathematics.

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> I found something really interesting today... As I was struggling to learn

simple college math equations, and I mean really struggling... I got so

frustrated and googled " math learning disability " and I found a wikipedia

article about it:

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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyscalculia

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> I was scrolling through the symptoms and one of them is:

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> " Low latent inhibition, i.e., over-sensitivity to noise, smell, light and the

inability to tune out, filtering unwanted information or impressions. Might have

a well-developed sense of imagination due to this (possibly as cognitive

compensation to mathematical-numeric deficits) "

>

> Sounds a little bit like us...

>

> I might be grasping at nothing, but I thought I'd post it here just in case.

>

[Guest guest]

I'm not gifted in math, but I love it and I'm fairly decent at it.

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> I found something really interesting today... As I was struggling to learn

simple college math equations, and I mean really struggling... I got so

frustrated and googled " math learning disability " and I found a wikipedia

article about it:

>

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyscalculia

>

> I was scrolling through the symptoms and one of them is:

>

> " Low latent inhibition, i.e., over-sensitivity to noise, smell, light and the

inability to tune out, filtering unwanted information or impressions. Might have

a well-developed sense of imagination due to this (possibly as cognitive

compensation to mathematical-numeric deficits) "

>

> Sounds a little bit like us...

>

> I might be grasping at nothing, but I thought I'd post it here just in case.

>

[Guest guest]

I'm not bad at math, but of all my subjects in school, math was the most

difficult for me. I'm a music, art, literature kind of gal.

A few funny things in the article that I see in myself. Difficulty with right in

left and difficulty with counting change. But I'm pretty good at remembering

names.

I'm fluent in Spanish but I still get 6 and 7 mixed up. Maybe it's related. But

I'm also the same way with C and S, even in English. And I'm generally very good

at spelling.

Who knows?

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> I found something really interesting today... As I was struggling to learn

simple college math equations, and I mean really struggling... I got so

frustrated and googled " math learning disability " and I found a wikipedia

article about it:

>

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyscalculia

>

> I was scrolling through the symptoms and one of them is:

>

> " Low latent inhibition, i.e., over-sensitivity to noise, smell, light and the

inability to tune out, filtering unwanted information or impressions. Might have

a well-developed sense of imagination due to this (possibly as cognitive

compensation to mathematical-numeric deficits) "

>

> Sounds a little bit like us...

>

> I might be grasping at nothing, but I thought I'd post it here just in case.

>

[Guest guest]

seems like the responses are across the board but i have to chime in. i am an

investment and tax professional and i always had a difficult time with math. it

feels like it's a completely different part of my brain that i have had to

develop but now i can pretty easily manage to do math in my head and have a

" knowing in my gut " about many numerical things. but i remember the absolute

puzzlement. i didn't learn how to tell time until i was in 4th grade and i

STILL have difficulty telling right from left. i am extremely

directionally-challenged and get lost very easily even if i've been someplace

many times . . .

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> I found something really interesting today... As I was struggling to learn

simple college math equations, and I mean really struggling... I got so

frustrated and googled " math learning disability " and I found a wikipedia

article about it:

>

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyscalculia

>

> I was scrolling through the symptoms and one of them is:

>

> " Low latent inhibition, i.e., over-sensitivity to noise, smell, light and the

inability to tune out, filtering unwanted information or impressions. Might have

a well-developed sense of imagination due to this (possibly as cognitive

compensation to mathematical-numeric deficits) "

>

> Sounds a little bit like us...

>

> I might be grasping at nothing, but I thought I'd post it here just in case.

>

[Guest guest]

I have a degree in mathematics.

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> > I found something really interesting today... As I was struggling to learn

simple college math equations, and I mean really struggling... I got so

frustrated and googled " math learning disability " and I found a wikipedia

article about it:

> >

> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyscalculia

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> > I was scrolling through the symptoms and one of them is:

> >

> > " Low latent inhibition, i.e., over-sensitivity to noise, smell, light and

the inability to tune out, filtering unwanted information or impressions. Might

have a well-developed sense of imagination due to this (possibly as cognitive

compensation to mathematical-numeric deficits) "

> >

> > Sounds a little bit like us...

> >

> > I might be grasping at nothing, but I thought I'd post it here just in case.

> >

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