The purpose of this meta-analysis was to determine the relation between mathematics and
working memory (WM) and to identify possible moderators of this relation including domains …

Word problems (WPs) belong to the most difficult and complex problem types that pupils
encounter during their elementary-level mathematical development. In the classroom …

Abstract Mathematics skills relate to lifelong career, health and financial outcomes.
Individuals' cognitive abilities predict mathematics performance and there is growing …

While mathematically impaired individuals have been shown to have deficits in all kinds of
basic numerical representations, among them spatial-numerical associations, little is known …

The present topical issue on “multi-digit number processing” has been compiled with a
threefold aim in mind. First, for researchers who are not yet familiar with the topic, it provides …

Research has identified various domain‐general and domain‐specific cognitive abilities as
predictors of children's individual differences in mathematics achievement. However …

For many years, an abstract, amodal semantic magnitude representation, largely
independent of verbal linguistic representations, has been viewed as the core numerical or …

Solving arithmetic problems is a cognitive task that heavily relies on language processing.
One might thus wonder whether this language-reliance leads to qualitative differences (eg …

This chapter discusses important background knowledge and research findings from a
variety of disciplines that inform best practices for supporting optimal mathematical …

There is increasing interest in employing large language models (LLMs) as cognitive
models. For such purposes, it is central to understand which cognitive properties are well …