an inability to make simple mathematical calculations
Word origin
C20: from a-1 + Latin calculāre to calculate
Examples of 'acalculia' in a sentence
acalculia
We named this rare case abacus-based acalculia.
Satoshi eTanaka, Keiko eSeki, Takashi eHanakawa, Madoka eHarada, Sho K Sugawara, ShoK Sugawara, Norihiro eSadato, Norihiro eSadato, Katsumi eWatanabe, Manabu eHonda 2012, 'Abacus in the brain: a longitudinal functional MRI study of a skilled abacus userwith the right hemispheric lesion', Frontiers in Psychologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00315/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The patient showed phonemic paragraphia in five-character kana nonword writing, minimal acalculia, and reduced digit and letter span.
Yasuhisa Sakurai, Emi Furukawa, Masanori Kurihara, Izumi Sugimoto 2018, 'Frontal Phonological Agraphia and Acalculia with Impaired Verbal Short-Term Memorydue to Left Inferior Precentral Gyrus Lesion', Case Reports in Neurologyhttps://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/487849. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Of the disturbances generally associated with standard left hemisphere functions, the patient presented acalculia but not apraxia.
M. Laiacona, C. Stangalino, L. Lorenzi 1996, 'Crossed Aphasia. I: A Case-Study with Purely Deep Lesion', Behavioural Neurologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-1996-93-407. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These results suggest a close relationship between the recovery of agraphia and acalculia and the improvement of verbal short-term memory.
Yasuhisa Sakurai, Emi Furukawa, Masanori Kurihara, Izumi Sugimoto 2018, 'Frontal Phonological Agraphia and Acalculia with Impaired Verbal Short-Term Memorydue to Left Inferior Precentral Gyrus Lesion', Case Reports in Neurologyhttps://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/487849. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)