Space, Time and Number in the Brain: Searching for the Foundations of Mathematical Thought

by Stanislas Dehaene (Editor), Elizabeth Brannon (Editor)

Overview

The study of mathematical cognition and the ways in which the ideas of space, time and number are encoded in brain circuitry has become a fundamental issue for neuroscience. How such encoding differs across cultures and educational level is of further interest in education and neuropsychology. This rapidly expanding field of research is overdue for an interdisciplinary volume such as this, which deals with the neurological and psychological foundations of human numeric capacity. A uniquely integrative work, this volume provides a much needed compilation of primary source material to researchers from basic neuroscience, psychology, developmental science, neuroimaging, neuropsychology and theoretical biology. - The first comprehensive and authoritative volume dealing with neurological and psychological foundations of mathematical cognition - Uniquely integrative volume at the frontier of a rapidly expanding interdisciplinary field - Features outstanding and truly international scholarship, with chapters written by leading experts in a variety of fields

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780123859495
Publisher:	Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Publication date:	07/13/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	374
File size:	5 MB

Table of Contents

Section I Mental Magnitudes and their Transformations1. Mental Magnitudes2. Objects, Sets, and Ensembles3. Attention Mechanisms for Counting in Stabilized and in Dynamic Displays Section II Neural Codes for Space, Time and Number4. A Manifold of Spatial Maps in the Brain5. Temporal Neuronal Oscillations can Produce Spatial Phase Codes6. Population Clocks7. Discrete Neuroanatomical Substrates for Generating and Updating Temporal Expectations8. The Neural Code for Number Section III Shared Mechanisms for Space, Time and Number?9. Synesthesia10. How is Number Associated with Space? The Role of Working Memory11. Neglect "Around the Clock12. Saccades Compress Space, Time, and Number* Section IV Origins of Proto-Mathematical Intuitions13. Origins of Spatial, Temporal, and Numerical Cognition14. Evolutionary Foundations of the Approximate Number System15. Origins and Development of Generalized Magnitude Representation Section V Representational Change and Education16. Foundational Numerical Capacities and the Origins of Dyscalculia17. Neurocognitive Start-Up Tools for Symbolic Number Representations18. Natural Number and Natural Geometry19. Geometry as a Universal Mental Construction20. How Languages Construct Time21. Improving Low-Income Children's Number Sense

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The first interdisciplinary compilation of cutting-edge research on mathematical cognition