Human cognition is founded, in part, on four systems for representing objects, actions,
number, and space. It may be based, as well, on a fifth system for representing social …

This article considers 3 claims that cognitive sex differences account for the differential
representation of men and women in high-level careers in mathematics and science:(a) …

I can see no other escape from this dilemma (lest our true aim be lost for ever) than that
some of us should venture to embark on a synthesis of facts and theories, albeit with second …

The third edition of this significant and groundbreaking book summarizes current research
into how young children learn mathematics and how best to develop foundational …

This important new book synthesizes relevant research on the learning of mathematics from
birth into the primary grades from the full range of these complementary perspectives. At the …

Learning to Think Spatially examines how spatial thinking might be incorporated into
existing standards-based instruction across the school curriculum. Spatial thinking must be …

Anyone sufficiently motivated to take an undergraduate or graduate course in this area
should find [in this book] a great deal to intrigue the imagination and stimulate further interest …

Mathematical ability is related to both activation of the prefrontal cortex in neuroimaging
studies of adults and to executive functions in school-age children. The purpose of this study …

The overall goal of this target article is to demonstrate a mechanism for an embodied
cognition. The particular vehicle is a much-studied, but still widely debated phenomenon …

There is growing evidence that socioeconomic (SES)-related differences in mathematical
knowledge begin in early childhood, because young children from economically …