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

What constitutes our number concept? What makes it possible for us to employ numbers the
way we do; which mental faculties contribute to our grasp of numbers? What do we share …

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 …

Is language the key to number? This article argues that the human language faculty
provides the cognitive equipment that enables humans to develop a systematic number …

An interesting aspect of numbers is that they can be presented in different formats. Although
numbers are associated spontaneously with arabic digits, they can also be represented as …

In recent years the empirical study of numerical abilities has become a major research field
within cognitive science. So much has been discovered that we are now beginning to a form …

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 …

It has recently been argued that counting words is necessary for humans to develop
concepts of exact number. It is claimed that humans inherit two 'preverbal'systems of 'core …

The domain of numbers provides a paradigmatic case for investigating interactions of
culture, language, and cognition: Numerical competencies are considered a core domain of …

Counting is an evolutionarily recent cultural invention of the human species. In order for
humans to have conceived of counting in the first place, certain representational and logical …