In this chapter, I provide an overview of what has been learned from cognitive neuroscience
research about the way in which numerical symbols (eg, Arabic numerals) are represented …

The number line task is often used to assess children's and adults' underlying
representations of integers. Traditional bounded number line tasks, however, have …

The number bisection task—in which the numerical middle of two other numbers has to be
determined (eg, 6 is the numerical middle of 4 and 8)-has recently been used in …

Numerical processing has been extensively studied by examining the performance on basic
number processing tasks, such as number priming, number comparison, and number line …

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 …

Recently, a strong functional relationship between finger counting and number processing
has been suggested. It has been argued that bodily experiences such as finger counting …

Dot arrays are often used to study basic numerical skills across cultures, species and
development. Researchers investigate the ability of subjects to discriminate between dot …

The number‐line task has been extensively used to study the mental representation of
numbers in children. However, studies suggest that proportional reasoning provides a better …

Many studies tested the association between numerical magnitude processing and
mathematics achievement, but results differ depending on the number format used. For …

In the literature on numerical cognition, it is generally assumed that fingers play a functional
role in the development of a mature counting system (Gelman and Gallistel, 1978; Fuson et …