In this article, we first present a summary of the general assumptions about Down syndrome
(DS) still to be found in the literature. We go on to show how new research has modified …

Cognitive developmental robotics (CDR) aims to provide new understanding of how
human's higher cognitive functions develop by means of a synthetic approach that …

The purpose of this review was to integrate leading paradigms in psychology and
neuroscience with a theory of the embodied, situated human brain, called the Hierarchically …

There is a growing consensus that the neuropsychological underpinnings of developmental
dyscalculia (DD) are a genetically determined disorder of 'number sense', a term denoting …

Two-component theories of intellectual development over the life span postulate that fluid
abilities develop earlier during child development and decline earlier during aging than …

Numerical skills are essential in our everyday life, and impairments in the development of
number processing and calculation have a negative impact on schooling and professional …

Background The present work is aimed at analysing executive function (EF) in adolescents
with Down Syndrome (DS). So far, EF has been analysed mainly in adults with DS, showing …

This article argues that one dominant position in psychology, linguistics, neuroscience, and
philosophy about how genetic disorders point to the innate specification of dissociated …

This article makes five main points.(1) Individual human consciousness is formed in the
dynamic interrelation of self and other, and therefore is inherently intersubjective.(2) The …

As a group, children from disadvantaged, low‐income families perform substantially worse
in mathematics than their counterparts from higher‐income families. Minority children are …