The numerical domain is unique in at least three ways. First, numbers represent a particular
aspect of reality (ie, numerosity). Second, numbers are the object of specific processing such …

Numerical cognition describes the processes that one uses to assimilate, ascribe, and
manipulate numerical information. This chapter is organized into two sections. The first …

Numbers are present in every part of modern society and the human capacity to use
numbers is unparalleled in other species. Understanding the mental and neural …

Recent years have witnessed an enormous increase in behavioral and neuroimaging
studies of numerical cognition. Particular interest has been devoted toward unraveling …

Numerical Cognition: The Basics provides an understanding of the neural and cognitive
mechanisms that enable us to perceive, process, and memorize numerical information …

How do we understand numbers? Do animals and babies have numerical abilities? Why do
some people fail to grasp numbers, and how we can improve numerical understanding …

Research into cognitive number processing has made considerable progress over the last
twenty years (Dehaene, 1997; Butterworth, 1999). These advances have been the result of …

Over the past two decades, cognitive neuroscientists have begun to investigate the neural
mechanisms underlying number processing using cutting-edge neuroimaging methods …

It is well documented that humans share with other non-human animals an analogue system
that represents magnitudes or quantities (for a review see Feigenson, Dehaene, & Spelke …

The study of numerical cognition, as the name suggests, investigates the cognitive,
psychological, developmental, and neural bases of numbers. The term 'number,'however, is …