Heterogeneity of Function in Numerical Cognition presents the latest updates on ongoing research and discussions regarding numerical cognition. With great individual differences in the development or function of numerical cognition at neuroanatomical, neuropsychological, behavioral, and interactional levels, these issues are important for the achievement of a comprehensive understanding of numerical cognition, hence its brain basis, development, breakdown in brain-injured individuals, and failures to master mathematical skills. These functions are essential for the proper development of numerical cognition.
- Provides an innovative reference on the emerging field of numerical cognition and the branches that converge on this diverse cognitive domain
- Includes an overview of the multiple disciplines that comprise numerical cognition
- Focuses on factors that influence numerical cognition, such as language, executive attention, memory and spatial processing
- Features an innovative organization with each section providing a general overview, developmental research, and evidence from neurocognitive studies
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Elsevier Science & Techn.
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978-0-12-811530-5 (9780128115305)
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Section I. Language1. Numbers and language: What's new in the past 25 years?2. The interplay between learning arithmetic and learning to read: Insights from developmental cognitive neuroscience3. Language and arithmetic: The potential role of phonological processing4. Discussion: Specific contributions of language functions to numerical cognition
Section II. Performance Control and Selective Attention5. An introduction to attention and its implications for numerical cognition6. The control of selective attention and emerging mathematical cognition7. Performance control in numerical cognition: Insights from strategic variations in arithmetic during the lifespan8. The interplay between proficiency and executive control
Section III. Spatial Processing and Mental Imagery9. How big is many? Development of spatial and numerical magnitude understanding10. Is visuospatial reasoning related to early mathematical development? A critical review11. Neurocognitive evidence for spatial contributions to numerical cognition12. Which space for numbers?
Section IV. Executive Functions13. Automatic interferences and their development in the context of numerical tasks14. The role of executive function skills in the development of children's mathematical competencies15. Systems neuroscience of mathematical cognition and learning: basic organization and neural sources of heterogeneity in typical and atypical development 16. (How) are executive functions actually related to arithmetic abilities?
Section V. Memory 17. Numerical cognition and memory(ies)18. Hypersensitivity-to-interference in memory as a possible cause of difficulty in arithmetic facts storing19. Working memory for serial order and numerical cognition: What kind of association?20. Don't forget memory ... to understand mathematical cognition
