The angular gyrus: multiple functions and multiple subdivisions

ML Seghier - The Neuroscientist, 2013‏ - journals.sagepub.com
There is considerable interest in the structural and functional properties of the angular gyrus
(AG). Located in the posterior part of the inferior parietal lobule, the AG has been shown in …

Sensory-integration system rather than approximate number system underlies numerosity processing: A critical review

T Gebuis, RC Kadosh, W Gevers - Acta psychologica, 2016‏ - Elsevier
It is widely accepted that human and nonhuman species possess a specialized system to
process large approximate numerosities. The theory of an evolutionarily ancient …

[ספר][B] Cognitive development and cognitive neuroscience: The learning brain

U Goswami - 2019‏ - taylorfrancis.com
Cognitive Development and Cognitive Neuroscience: The Learning Brain is a thoroughly
revised edition of the bestselling Cognitive Development. The new edition of this full-colour …

[ספר][B] The number sense: How the mind creates mathematics

S Dehaene - 2011‏ - books.google.com
Our understanding of how the human brain performs mathematical calculations is far from
complete, but in recent years there have been many exciting breakthroughs by scientists all …

An integrated theory of whole number and fractions development

RS Siegler, CA Thompson, M Schneider - Cognitive psychology, 2011‏ - Elsevier
This article proposes an integrated theory of acquisition of knowledge about whole numbers
and fractions. Although whole numbers and fractions differ in many ways that influence their …

A Bayesian perspective on magnitude estimation

FH Petzschner, S Glasauer, KE Stephan - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2015‏ - cell.com
Our representation of the physical world requires judgments of magnitudes, such as
loudness, distance, or time. Interestingly, magnitude estimates are often not veridical but …

Neural reuse: A fundamental organizational principle of the brain

ML Anderson - Behavioral and brain sciences, 2010‏ - cambridge.org
An emerging class of theories concerning the functional structure of the brain takes the
reuse of neural circuitry for various cognitive purposes to be a central organizational …

[ספר][B] Where mathematics comes from

G Lakoff, R Núñez - 2000‏ - academia.edu
We are cognitive scientists—a linguist and a psychologist—each with a long-standing
passion for the beautiful ideas of mathematics. As specialists within a field that studies the …

Musicians and music making as a model for the study of brain plasticity

G Schlaug - Progress in brain research, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Playing a musical instrument is an intense, multisensory, and motor experience that usually
commences at an early age and requires the acquisition and maintenance of a range of …

Number sense across the lifespan as revealed by a massive Internet-based sample

J Halberda, R Ly, JB Wilmer, DQ Naiman… - Proceedings of the …, 2012‏ - pnas.org
It has been difficult to determine how cognitive systems change over the grand time scale of
an entire life, as few cognitive systems are well enough understood; observable in infants …