Positron emission tomography was used to localize the cerebral networks specifically
involved in three basic numerical processes: arabic numeral processing, numerical …

Two experiments report on the relationship between level of mathematics anxiety and timed
performance on simple and complex addition problems. In both experiments, subjects at …

Participants performed same–different judgments for pairs of numerals in 2 conditions:
numerical matching (responding" same" to pairs such as 2–TWO), or physical matching …

This volume focuses on two related questions that are central to both the psychology of
mathematical thinking and learning and to the improvement of mathematics education: What …

Current theories of numerical cognition differ in assumptions about the componential
architecture of number processing and about the extent of notation-specific processes. To …

The present fMRI study investigates, first, whether learning new arithmetic operations is
reflected by changing cerebral activation patterns, and second, whether different learning …

It is widely accepted that the human brain is remarkably adaptive not only in child
development, but also during adulthood. Aim of this work is to offer an overview and a …

Even though it is generally recognized that calculation ability represents a most important
type of cognition, there is a significant paucity in the study of acalculia. In this paper the …

Although complex problem solving has emerged as a field of psychology in its own right, the
literature is, for the most part, widely scattered, and often so technical that it is inaccessible to …