University of Mohaghegh Ardabili Journal of Learning Disabilities 2251-8673 6 4 2017 08 23 A Comparison of cognitive impairment, emotional processing and selective attention in students with and without dyscalculia A Comparison of cognitive impairment, emotional processing and selective attention in students with and without dyscalculia 153 168 563 10.22098/jld.2017.563 FA M Narimani Professor of Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili S Daryadel Corresponding Author: Ph.D Student of Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili N Sobh Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili N Mikayili Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili Journal Article 2017 09 12 The current research was conducted in order to compare the cognitive impairment, emotional processing and selective attention in students with and without disability dyscalculia. The method of this study was causal-comparative. The statistical population of this study was composed of all secondary school students with and without dyscalculia in Ardabil in the 2013-14 school years. The subjects of the study included 20 male students with dyscalculia who were selected through multistage cluster sampling and using Keymath Test and 20 normal students were selected through stratified random sampling method. To collect data, scale of cognitive impairment, emotional processing and color-word Stroop test were used. Results of multivariate analysis of variance showed that there is a significant difference between the two groups of students with and without dyscalculia in terms of cognitive deficits, emotional processing and selective attention. Students suffering from dyscalculia attract environmental stimuli more slowly than their peers and act like younger children and always have problems in the field of cognitive failures and emotional processing. Therefore, teachers should strengthen strategies for cognitive impairment, emotional processing and increase their attention to compensate students' math learning deficits The current research was conducted in order to compare the cognitive impairment, emotional processing and selective attention in students with and without disability dyscalculia. The method of this study was causal-comparative. The statistical population of this study was composed of all secondary school students with and without dyscalculia in Ardabil in the 2013-14 school years. The subjects of the study included 20 male students with dyscalculia who were selected through multistage cluster sampling and using Keymath Test and 20 normal students were selected through stratified random sampling method. To collect data, scale of cognitive impairment, emotional processing and color-word Stroop test were used. Results of multivariate analysis of variance showed that there is a significant difference between the two groups of students with and without dyscalculia in terms of cognitive deficits, emotional processing and selective attention. Students suffering from dyscalculia attract environmental stimuli more slowly than their peers and act like younger children and always have problems in the field of cognitive failures and emotional processing. Therefore, teachers should strengthen strategies for cognitive impairment, emotional processing and increase their attention to compensate students' math learning deficits https://jld.uma.ac.ir/article_563_02c9a37a6a7e145647ef4a3968934c12.pdf