Publications - Brain, Behavior, and Learning Lab - Équipe Cerveau, Comportement et Apprentissage

Cortial, C., Prado, J., & Caparos, S.

Reasoning does hurt: Deliberation is associated with heightened levels of doubt, Thinking & Reasoning, in press.

Cortial, C., Prado, J., & Caparos, S.

Reconceptualizing Metacognitive Experience in Dual-Process Reasoning: The Role of Emotion in Triggering Deliberation, Cognitive Science, in press.

DOI: 10.1111/cogs.70084

Tricoche, L., Reynaud, A., Pélisson, D., Prado, J., & Meunier, M.

From social inhibition in childhood to social facilitation in adulthood: How social presence systematically enhances the predominant response strategy in cognitive tasks, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, in press.

Le Diagon, S., Jacquel, M., van der Henst, J-B., & Prado, J.

Individual differences in executive functions and theory of mind mediate the relation between academic skills from kindergarten to 5th grade, PLOS One, 2025, 20(6), e0324547.PDF

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0324547

Lefèvre, E., Law, J., Prado, J., Anders, R., & Cavalli, E.

Reading comprehension resiliency in adolescents with and without dyslexia relates to vocabulary, listening comprehension and socioeconomic status, Learning and Instruction, 2025, 96, 102081.PDF

DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2025.102081

Nakai, T., Constant-Varlet, C., & Prado, J.

Encoding models for developmental cognitive computational neuroscience: Promise, challenges, and potential, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 2024, 70, 101470.PDF

DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2024.101470

Nakai, T., Tirou, C., & Prado, J.

From brain to education through machine learning: Predicting literacy and numeracy skills from neuroimaging data, Imaging Neuroscience, 2024,2, 1–24.PDF

DOI: 10.1162/imag_a_00219

Petit, N., Bambini, V., Bischetti, L., Prado, J., & Noveck, I. A.

How do theory of mind and formal language skills impact metaphoric reference comprehension during children’s school-age years, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2025, 51(3), 460-477.PDF

DOI: 10.1037/xlm0001381

Constant-Varlet, C., Nakai, T., & Prado, J.

Intergenerational transmission of brain structure and function in humans: A narrative review of designs, methods, and findings, Brain Structure and Function, 2024, 229, 1327–1348.PDF

DOI: 10.1007/s00429-024-02804-5

Petit, N., Noveck, I. A., Baltazar, M., & Prado, J.

Assessing theory of mind in children: a tablet-based adaptation of a classic picture sequencing task, Child Psychiatry & Human Development, in press.PDF

DOI: 10.1007/s10578-023-01648-0

Prado, J., & Knops, A.

Spatial attention in mental arithmetic: A literature review and meta-analysis, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 2024, 31(5), 2036-2057.PDF

DOI: 10.3758/s13423-024-02499-z

Bhatia, P., Léone, J., Gardes, M-L., & Prado, J.

Fraction knowledge in adults with persistent mathematics difficulties, Learning Disability Quarterly, 2024, 47(1), 30-43.PDF

DOI: 10.1177/07319487231171380

Viesel-Nordmeyer, N., & Prado, J.

Arithmetic skills are associated with left fronto-temporal grey matter volume in 536 children and adolescents, npj Science of Learning, 2023, 8(1), 56.PDF

DOI: 10.1038/s41539-023-00201-x

Díaz-Barriga Yáñez, A., Longo, L., Chesnakova, H., Poletti, C., Thevenot, C., & Prado, J.

Neural evidence for procedural automatization during cognitive development: Intraparietal response to changes in very-small addition problem-size increases with age, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 2023, 64, 101310.PDF

DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2023.101310

Tricoche, L., Meunier, M., Hassen, S., Prado, J., & Pélisson, D.

Developmental Trajectory of Anticipation: Insights from Sequential Comparative Judgments, Behavioral Sciences, 2023, 13(8), 646.PDF

DOI: 10.3390/bs13080646

Girard, C., Longo, L., Chesnokova, H., Epinat-Duclos, J., & Prado, J.

To what extent do home numeracy practices and parental number talk relate to children’s math skills? A pre-registered study in 5-year-old children, Learning and Individual Differences, 2023, 106 : 102328. PDF

DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2023.102328

Tricoche, L., Pélisson, D., Longo, L., Koun, E., Poisson, A., Prado, J., & Meunier, M.

Task-independent neural bases of peer presence effect on cognition in children and adults, Neuroimage, 2023, 277 : 120247. PDF

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120247

Poletti, C., Díaz-Barriga Yáñez, A., Prado, J., & Thevenot, C.

The development of simple addition problem solving in children: Reliance on automatized counting or memory retrieval depends on both expertise and problem size, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2023, 234 : 105710. PDF

DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2023.105710

Nakai, T., Girard, C., Longo, L., Chesnokova, H., & Prado, J.

Cortical representations of numbers and non-symbolic quantities expand and segregate in children from 5 to 8 years of age, Plos Biology, 2023, 21(1): e3001935. PDF

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001935

Girard, C. & Prado, J.

Quels sont les liens entre les compétences en mathématiques des enfants et leur environnement familial d’apprentissage ? Une revue de la littérature, ANAE, 2022, 180, 001-013.PDF

Suárez-Pellicioni, M., Prado, J., & Booth, J. R.

Neurocognitive mechanisms underlying multiplication and subtraction performance in adults and skill development in children: a scoping review, Current Opinion in Behavioural Sciences, 2022, 48:101228.PDF

DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2022.101228

Prado, J.

Le développement des compétences numériques, In: Fourneret P. and Gentaz E., eds. Dynamique du neurodéveloppement de l’anténatal à l’adolescence. Paris, France: Elsevier Masson.,

Bhatia, P., Le Diagon, S., Langlois, E., William, M., Prado, J., & Gardes, M-L.

Impact of a game-based intervention on fraction learning for fifth-grade students: A pre-registered randomized controlled study, Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, in press.PDF

DOI: 10.1111/jcal.12726

Girard, C. & Prado, J.

Prior home learning environment is associated with adaptation to homeschooling during COVID lockdown, Heliyon, 2022, 8(4), e09294.PDF

DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09294

Bhatia, P., Longo, L., Chesnokova, H., & Prado, J.

Neural representations of absolute and relative magnitudes in symbolic and non-symbolic formats, Cerebral Cortex, in press.PDF

DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhab513

Girard, C., Bastelica, T., Léone, J., Epinat-Duclos, J., Longo, L., & Prado, J.

Nurturing the mathematical brain: Home numeracy practices are associated with children’s neural responses to Arabic numerals, Psychological Science, 2022, 33(2), 196-211.PDF

DOI: 10.1177/09567976211034498

Gardes, M.-L., & Prado, J.

Relational reasoning in mathematical development: Neuro-cognitive foundations and implications for the classroom, In: Houdé O. and Borst G. (eds.), Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Development. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2022, 566-584.PDF

Gardes, M. L., Croset, M. C., Courtier, P., & Prado, J.

Comment la didactique des mathématiques peut-elle informer l’étude de la cognition numérique? L’exemple d’une étude collaborative autour de la pédagogie Montessori à l’école maternelle, Raisons éducatives, 2021, (1), 237-259.PDF

Girard, C., Bastelica, T., Léone, J., Epinat-Duclos, J., Longo, L., & Prado, J.

Nurturing the reading brain: Home literacy practices are associated with children’s neural response to printed words through vocabulary skills, npj Science of Learning, 2021, 6(1), 1-11.PDF

DOI: 10.1038/s41539-021-00112-9

Tricoche, L., Monfardini, E., Reynaud, A. J., Epinat-Duclos, J., Pélisson, D., Prado, J., & Meunier, M.

Peer presence effect on numerosity and phonological comparisons in 4th graders: When working with a schoolmate makes children more adult-like, Biology, 2021, 20(9), 902.PDF

DOI: 10.3390/biology10090902

Girard, C., Bastelica, T., Léone, J., Epinat-Duclos, J., Longo, L., & Prado, J.

The relation between home numeracy practices and a variety of math skills in elementary school children, PLOS One, 2021, 16(9), e0255400.PDF

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255400

Courtier, C., Gardes, M-L., Van der Henst, J-B., Noveck, I. A., Croset, M-C., Epinat-Duclos, J., Léone, J., & Prado, J.

Effects of Montessori education on the academic, cognitive, and social development of disadvantaged preschoolers: A randomized controlled study in the French public-school system, Child Development, 2021, 39(3), 380-392.PDF

DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13575

Demir-Lyra, Ö. E., Prado, J., & Booth, J. R.

Neurocognitive basis of deductive reasoning in children varies with parental education, Human Brain Mapping, 2021, 41(11), 3396-3410.PDF

DOI: 10.1002/hbm.25441

Lytle, M. N., Prado, J., & Booth, J. R.

A neuroimaging dataset of deductive reasoning in school-aged children, Data in Brief, 2020, 33, 106405.PDF

DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106405

Deruaz, M., Dias, T., Gardes, M-L., Gregorio, F.,Ouvrier-Buffet, C.,Peteers, F., & Robotti, E.

Exploring MLD in mathematics education: Ten years of research, Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 2020, 60, 100807.PDF

DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2020.100807

Poletti, C., Perez, J-F., Houillon, J-C., Prado, J., & Thevenot, C.

Priming effects of arithmetic signs in 10- to 15-year-old children, British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2021, 39(3), 380-392.PDF

DOI: 10.1111/bjdp.12363

Díaz-Barriga Yáñez, A., Couderc, A., Longo, L., Merchie, A., Chesnokova, H., Langlois, E., Thevenot, C., & Prado, J.

Learning to run the number line: The development of attentional shifts during single-digit arithmetic, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2020, 1477(1), 79-90.PDF

DOI: 10.1111/nyas.14464

Bhatia, P., Delem, M., Léone, J., Boisin, E., Cheylus, A., Gardes, M-L., & Prado, J.

The ratio processing system and its role in fraction understanding: Evidence from a match-to-sample task in children and adults with and without dyscalculia, Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 2020, 73(12), 2158-2176.PDF

DOI: 10.1177/1747021820940631

Prado, J., Léone, J., Epinat-Duclos, J., Trouche, E., & Mercier, H.

The neural bases of argumentative reasoning, Brain and Language, 2020, 208, 104827.PDF

DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2020.104827

Schwartz, F., Epinat-Duclos, J., Léone, J., Poisson, A., & Prado, J.

Neural representations of transitive relations predict current and future math calculation skills in children, Neuropsychologia, 2020, 141, 107410.PDF

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107410

Gardes, M.-L., & Prado, J.

Les recherches en neurosciences cognitives : quels apports pour l’enseignement des mathématiques ?, In: Dorier, J-L., Gueudet, G., Peltier, M-L., Robert, A. & Roditi, E. (eds.), Enseigner les mathématiques. Didactique et enjeux de l’apprentissage, Paris, France: Belin, 2018, 237-246

Prado, J.

Du sens des quantités au raisonnement mathématique, In: Borst, G. & Houdé O., eds. Le cerveau et les apprentissages - Cycles 1,2,3. Paris, France: Nathan, 2018, 124-125

Gardes, M.-L., & Prado, J.

Aux racines de la cognition mathématique : comment les quantités numériques sont liées à l’espace dans l’esprit humain, La gazette des mathématiciens, 2018, 159PDF

Schwartz, F., & Prado, J.

Si la dyscalculie m’était contée, Cahiers pédagogiques, 2019, 552PDF

Schwartz, F., Epinat-Duclos, J., Léone, J., Poisson, A., & Prado, J.

Impaired neural processing of transitive relations in children with math learning difficulty, Neuroimage: Clinical, 2018.PDF

DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2018.10.020

Suárez Pellicioni, M., Prado, J., & Booth, J.

Lack of improvement in multiplication is associated with reverting from verbal retrieval to numerical operations, Neuroimage, 2018, 183, 859-871.PDF

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.08.074

Mathieu, R., Epinat-Duclos, J., Sigovan, M., Breton, A., Cheylus, A., Fayol, M., Thevenot, C., & Prado, J.

What’s behind a ‘+’ sign? Perceiving an arithmetic operator recruits brain circuits for spatial orienting, Cerebral Cortex, 2018 ,28, 1673-1684. PDF

DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhx064

Mathieu, R., Epinat-Duclos, J., Léone, J., Fayol, M., Thevenot, C., & Prado, J.

Hippocampal spatial mechanisms relate to the development of arithmetic symbol processing in children, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 2018, 30, 324-332.PDF

DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2017.06.001

Gardes, M.L. & Courtier, P.

Quelle manipulation, représentation et communication dans les ateliers Montessori de première numération ?, Grand N, 2018 , 101, 83-105.

Prado, J.

The Interplay Between Learning Arithmetic and Learning to Read: Insights From Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, In: Henik A and Fias W, eds. Heterogeneity of Function in Numerical Cognition, San Diego: Academic Press, 2018, 27-43.PDF

Prado, J.

The relationship between deductive reasoning and the syntax of language in Broca’s area: A review of the neuroimaging literature, L'année psychologique/Topics in Cognitive Psychology, 2018, 118(3), 289-315.PDF

Schwartz, F., Epinat-Duclos, J., Noveck, I.A. & Prado, J.

The neural development of pragmatic inference-making in natural discourse, Developmental Science, 2018, 21(6), e12678.PDF

DOI: 10.1111/desc.12678

Mathieu, R., Gourjon, A., Couderc, A., Thevenot, C. & Prado, J.

Running the Number Line: Rapid Shifts of Attention in Single-Digit Arithmetic, Cognition, 2016, 146, 229-239.PDF

DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2015.10.002

Gardes, M.L. & Prado, J.

Entre neurosciences et éducation : les chainons manquants, Cahiers pédagogiques, 2016, 527, 35-38.PDF

Demir, O.E., Prado, J., & Booth, J.R.

Neural correlates of math gains vary depending on parental socioeconomic status (SES), Frontiers in Psychology, 2016, 7:892.PDF

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00892

Thevenot, C., Uittenhove, K., & Prado, J.

La dyscalculie et l’automatisation des procédures de calcul, Développements, 2017,20-21.PDF

Monfardini, E., Reynaud, A. J., Prado, J., & Meunier, M.

Social modulation of cognition: Lessons from rhesus macaques relevant to education, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2017, 82, 45-57.PDF

DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.12.002

Schwartz, F., Epinat-Duclos, J., Léone, J., & Prado, J.

The neural development of conditional reasoning in children: Different mechanisms for assessing the logical validity and likelihood of conclusions, Neuroimage, 2017, 163, 264-275.PDF

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.09.029

Prado, J., Mutreja, R., & Booth, J.R.

Developmental dissociation in the neural responses to simple multiplication and subtraction problems, Developmental Science, 2014, 17(4), 537-552.PDF

DOI: 10.1111/desc.12140

Berteletti, I. Prado, J., & Booth, J.R.

Children with mathematical learning disability fail in recruiting verbal and numerical brain regions when solving simple multiplication problems, Cortex, 2014, 57, 143-155.PDF

DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2014.04.001

Demir, O.E., Prado, J., & Booth, J.R. (2014)..

The Differential Role of Verbal and Spatial Working Memory in the Neural Basis of Arithmetic, Developmental Psychology, 2014, 39, 440-458.PDF

DOI: 10.1080/87565641.2014.939182

Mathieu, R., Booth, J.R., & Prado, J.

Distributed neural representations of logical arguments in school-age children, Human Brain Mapping, 2015, 36, 996-1009.PDF

DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22681

Prado, J., Spotorno, N., Koun, E., Hewitt, E., Van Der Henst, J.B., Sperber, D., & Noveck, I.A.

Neural interaction between logical reasoning and pragmatic processing in narrative discourse, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2015, 27, 692-704.PDF

DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00744

Demir, O.E., Prado, J., & Booth, J.R.

Parental Socioeconomic Status and the Neural Basis of Arithmetic: Differential Relations to Verbal and Visuo-spatial Representations, Developmental Science, 2015, 18, 799-814.PDF

DOI: 10.1111/desc.12268

Weissman, D. H. & Prado, J.

Heightened activity in a key region of the ventral attention network is linked to reduced activity in a key region of the dorsal attention network during unexpected shifts of covert visual spatial attention, Neuroimage, 2012, 61(4), 798-804.PDF

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.03.032

Spotorno, N., Koun, E., Prado, J., Van Der Henst, J.B., Noveck, I.A.

Neural evidence that utterance-processing entails mentalizing: The case of irony, Neuroimage, 2012, 63(1), 25-39. PDF

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.06.046

Prado, J., Mutreja, R. & Booth, J.R.

Fractionating the neural substrates of transitive reasoning: Task-dependent contributions of spatial and verbal representations, Cerebral Cortex, 2013, 23(3), 499-507.PDF

DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhr389

Prado, J., Lu, J. Liu, L., Dong, Q., Zhou, X. & Booth, J.R.

The neural bases of the multiplication problem-size effect across countries, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2013, 7:189.PDF

DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00189

Prado, J., Van Der Henst, J.B. & Noveck, I.A.

Recomposing a fragmented literature: How conditional and relational arguments engage different neural systems for deductive reasoning, Neuroimage, 2010, 51(3), 1213-1221.PDF

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.03.026

Prado, J., Noveck, I.A., & Van Der Henst, J.B.

Overlapping and distinct neural representations of numbers and verbal transitive series, Cerebral Cortex, 2010, 20(3), 720-729.PDF

DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhp137

Prado, J., Carp, J. & Weissman, D.H.

Variations of response time in a selective attention task are linked to variations of functional connectivity in the attentional network, Neuroimage, 2011, 54(1), 541-549.PDF

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.08.022

Prado, J. & Weissman, D.H.

Spatial attention influences trial-by-trial relationships between response time and functional connectivity in the visual cortex, Neuroimage, 2011, 54(1), 465-473.PDF

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.08.038

Prado, J. & Weissman, D.H.

Heightened interactions between a key default-mode region and a key task-positive region are linked to suboptimal performance but to enhanced future performance, Neuroimage, 2011, 56(4), 2276-2282.PDF

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.03.048

Prado, J., Chadha, A. & Booth, J.R.

The brain network for deductive reasoning: A quantitative meta-analysis of 28 neuroimaging studies, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2011, 23(11), 3483-3497.PDF

DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00063

Prado, J., Mutreja, R., Zhang, H., Mehta, R., Desroches, A.S., Minas, J.E. & Booth, J.R.

Distinct representations of subtraction and multiplication in the neural systems for numerosity and language, Human Brain Mapping, 2011, 32(11), 1932-1947.PDF

DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21159

Prado, J., Van Der Henst, J.B., & Noveck, I.A.

Spatial associations in relational reasoning: Evidence for a SNARC-like effect, Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 2008, 61(8), 1143-1150.PDF

DOI: 10.1080/17470210801954777

Prado, J., Kaliuzhna, M., Cheylus, A., & Noveck, I.A.

Overcoming perceptual features in logical reasoning: An event-related potentials study, Neuropsychologia, 2008, 46(11), 2629-2637.PDF

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.04.017

Prado, J. & Noveck, I.A.

How reaction times measures elucidate the matching bias and the way negations are processed, Thinking and Reasoning, 2006, 12(3), 309-28.PDF

DOI: 10.1080/13546780500371241

Clavagnier, S., Prado, J. & Perenin, M.T.

How humans reach: Distinct cortical systems for central and peripheral vision, Neuroscientist, 2007, 13(1), 22-7.PDF

DOI: 10.1177/1073858406295688

Prado, J. & Noveck, I.A.

Overcoming perceptual features in logical reasoning: A parametric fMRI study, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2007, 19(4), 642-657.PDF

DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2007.19.4.642

Noveck, I.A. & Prado, J.

Intelligence and reasoning are not one and the same, Behavioral and Brain Sciences (Commentary on Jung & Haier), 2007, 30(2), 163-164.PDF

DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X07001252

Prado, J., Clavagnier, S., Otzenberger, H., Scheiber, C., Kennedy, H., & Perenin, M.T.

Two cortical systems for reaching in central and peripheral vision, Neuron, 2005, 48(5), 849-58.PDF

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2005.10.010