Space, Time and Number in the Brain
Searching for the Foundations of Mathematical Thought
Published on 13. July 2011
374 pages
978-0-12-385949-5 (ISBN)
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The study of mathematical cognition and the ways in which the ideas of space, time and number are encoded in brain circuitry has become a fundamental issue for neuroscience. How such encoding differs across cultures and educational level is of further interest in education and neuropsychology. This rapidly expanding field of research is overdue for an interdisciplinary volume such as this, which deals with the neurological and psychological foundations of human numeric capacity. A uniquely integrative work, this volume provides a much needed compilation of primary source material to researchers from basic neuroscience, psychology, developmental science, neuroimaging, neuropsychology and theoretical biology.
- The first comprehensive and authoritative volume dealing with neurological and psychological foundations of mathematical cognition
- Uniquely integrative volume at the frontier of a rapidly expanding interdisciplinary field
- Features outstanding and truly international scholarship, with chapters written by leading experts in a variety of fields
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Stanislas Dehaene | Elizabeth Brannon
Space, Time and Number in the Brain
Searching for the Foundations of Mathematical Thought
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Content
Section I Mental Magnitudes and their Transformations1. Mental Magnitudes2. Objects, Sets, and Ensembles3. Attention Mechanisms for Counting in Stabilized and in Dynamic Displays
Section II Neural Codes for Space, Time and Number4. A Manifold of Spatial Maps in the Brain5. Temporal Neuronal Oscillations can Produce Spatial Phase Codes6. Population Clocks7. Discrete Neuroanatomical Substrates for Generating and Updating Temporal Expectations8. The Neural Code for Number
Section III Shared Mechanisms for Space, Time and Number?9. Synesthesia10. How is Number Associated with Space? The Role of Working Memory11. Neglect "Around the Clock12. Saccades Compress Space, Time, and Number*
Section IV Origins of Proto-Mathematical Intuitions13. Origins of Spatial, Temporal, and Numerical Cognition14. Evolutionary Foundations of the Approximate Number System15. Origins and Development of Generalized Magnitude Representation
Section V Representational Change and Education16. Foundational Numerical Capacities and the Origins of Dyscalculia17. Neurocognitive Start-Up Tools for Symbolic Number Representations18. Natural Number and Natural Geometry19. Geometry as a Universal Mental Construction20. How Languages Construct Time21. Improving Low-Income Children's Number Sense
