The parietal cortex and the representation of time, space, number and other magnitudes

D Bueti, V Walsh - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2009 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The development of sub-disciplines within cognitive neuroscience follows common sense
categories such as language, audition, action, memory, emotion and perception among …

Origins of mathematical intuitions: The case of arithmetic

S Dehaene - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Mathematicians frequently evoke their “intuition” when they are able to quickly and
automatically solve a problem, with little introspection into their insight. Cognitive …

[PDF][PDF] On the cognitive link between space and number: A meta-analysis of the SNARC effect

G Wood, K Willmes, HC Nuerk… - Psychology science …, 2008 - academia.edu
An association of numbers and space (SNARC effect) has been examined in an ever
growing literature. In the present quantitative meta-analysis, 46 studies with a total of 106 …

Embodied numerosity: implicit hand-based representations influence symbolic number processing across cultures

F Domahs, K Moeller, S Huber, K Willmes, HC Nuerk - Cognition, 2010 - Elsevier
In recent years, a strong functional relationship between finger counting and number
processing has been suggested. Developmental studies have shown specific effects of the …

The cultural number line: A review of cultural and linguistic influences on the development of number processing

SM Göbel, S Shaki, MH Fischer - Journal of Cross-Cultural …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Approximate processing of numerosities is a universal and preverbal skill, while exact
number processing above 4 involves the use of culturally acquired number words and …

Does finger training increase young children's numerical performance?

M Gracia-Bafalluy, MP Noël - cortex, 2008 - Elsevier
Butterworth (1999) suggested that fingers are important in representing numerosities.
Furthermore, scores on a finger gnosis test are a better predictor of numerical performance …

Finger counting habits modulate spatial-numerical associations

MH Fischer - cortex, 2008 - Elsevier
This study explored the contribution of finger counting habits to the association of numbers
with space (the SNARC effect). First, a questionnaire study indicated that two-thirds of 445 …

Mind the gap between both hands: Evidence for internal finger-based number representations in children's mental calculation

F Domahs, H Krinzinger, K Willmes - Cortex, 2008 - Elsevier
At a certain stage of development, virtually all children use some kind of external finger-
based number representation. However, only little is known about how internal traces of this …

Actions, words, and numbers: a motor contribution to semantic processing?

M Andres, E Olivier, A Badets - Current directions in …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Recent findings in neuroscience challenge the view that the motor system is exclusively
dedicated to the control of actions, and it has been suggested that it may contribute critically …

Creating number semantics through finger movement perception

A Badets, M Pesenti - Cognition, 2010 - Elsevier
Communication, language and conceptual knowledge related to concrete objects may rely
on the sensory–motor systems from which they emerge. How abstract concepts can emerge …