The symbol-grounding problem in numerical cognition: A review of theory, evidence, and outstanding questions.

T Leibovich, D Ansari - Canadian Journal of Experimental …, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
Comment les symboles numériques, tels que des mots exprimant un nombre, acquièrent-ils
leur sens? Cette question, ou «problème du fondement des symboles», est au cœur du …

Why numerical symbols count in the development of mathematical skills: Evidence from brain and behavior

R Merkley, D Ansari - Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•Symbolic number knowledge mediates relationships between informal and
formal mathematics.•Numerical symbols should be emphasized in informal preschool …

Relations of different types of numerical magnitude representations to each other and to mathematics achievement

LK Fazio, DH Bailey, CA Thompson… - Journal of experimental …, 2014 - Elsevier
We examined relations between symbolic and non-symbolic numerical magnitude
representations, between whole number and fraction representations, and between these …

Number sense in infancy predicts mathematical abilities in childhood

A Starr, ME Libertus… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Human infants in the first year of life possess an intuitive sense of number. This preverbal
number sense may serve as a developmental building block for the uniquely human …

Numerical predictors of arithmetic success in grades 1–6

IM Lyons, GR Price, A Vaessen, L Blomert… - Developmental …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Math relies on mastery and integration of a wide range of simpler numerical processes and
concepts. Recent work has identified several numerical competencies that predict variation …

Spontaneous perception of numerosity in humans

GM Cicchini, G Anobile, DC Burr - Nature communications, 2016 - nature.com
Humans, including infants, and many other species have a capacity for rapid, nonverbal
estimation of numerosity. However, the mechanisms for number perception are still not clear; …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling the approximate number system to quantify the contribution of visual stimulus features

NK DeWind, GK Adams, ML Platt, EM Brannon - Cognition, 2015 - Elsevier
The approximate number system (ANS) subserves estimation of the number of items in a set.
Typically, ANS function is assessed by requiring participants to compare the number of dots …

Brief non-symbolic, approximate number practice enhances subsequent exact symbolic arithmetic in children

DC Hyde, S Khanum, ES Spelke - Cognition, 2014 - Elsevier
Recent research reveals a link between individual differences in mathematics achievement
and performance on tasks that activate the approximate number system (ANS): a primitive …

Improving arithmetic performance with number sense training: An investigation of underlying mechanism

J Park, EM Brannon - Cognition, 2014 - Elsevier
A nonverbal primitive number sense allows approximate estimation and mental
manipulations on numerical quantities without the use of numerical symbols. In a recent …

The symbol grounding problem revisited: A thorough evaluation of the ANS mapping account and the proposal of an alternative account based on symbol–symbol …

B Reynvoet, D Sasanguie - Frontiers in psychology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Recently, a lot of studies in the domain of numerical cognition have been published
demonstrating a robust association between numerical symbol processing and individual …