| Description |
1 online resource (298 pages) |
| Series |
Psychology Library Editions: Neuropsychology ; 5 |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; INTRODUCTION; 1 ALCALCULIA REVISITED: CURRENT ISSUES; Dedication; Introduction; Historical Problems; A Few Good Examples; Is Calculation a Localizable Function?; Operational Principles; Error Analysis; Conclusion; 2 NOTATIONAL CONSTRAINTS ON MENTAL OPERATIONS; Three Models of Mental Arithmetic; Alternative Proposals; Conclusion; 3 DIFFERENTIAL PROCESSING OF PHONOGRAPHIC AND LOGOGRAPHIC SINGLE-DIGIT NUMBERS BY THE TWO HEMISPHERES; Number Representations; Numerical Size Comparison Judgments; Lateral Hemifield Presentations |
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Number Processing after Brain InjurySummary and Conclusions; 4 SOURCES OF WORKING-MEMORY ERROR IN CHILDREN'S MENTAL ARITHMETIC; Introduction; Theoretical Perspectives; Experimental Results; Summary; 5 MATHEMATICAL DISABILITY AND THE GERSTMANN SYNDROME; Introduction; Alcalculia and the Gerstmann Syndrome; The ""Developmental Gerstmann Syndrome; Alcalculia and Cerebral Localization; 6 THE EFFECT OF SPATIAL DISORDERS ON ARITHMETICAL SKILLS; Early Concepts of Dyscalculia-Phenomenological and Developmental Aspects; Association of Spatial Disorders and Deficits in Written Calculation |
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Recent Statistical Research on the Implicit Nature of Calculation DeficitsObservations on the Cerebral Localization of Spatial Dyscalculia; Concluding Remarks; 7 NUMERICAL TRANSCODING: A GENERAL PRODUCTION MODEL; Introduction; The Two Main Coding Systems for Quantities: Description and Transcoding Processes; Toward a Production Model: From Alphabetical to Digit Forms; Summary; Appendix 1; 8 THE PRODUCTION OF COUNTING SEQUENCES BY APHAS1CS AND CHILDREN : A MATTER OF LEXICAL PROCESSING?; Introduction; Experimental Investigations: Rationale and Method; Results; Discussion; Conclusion |
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9 COGNITIVE MECHANISMS IN NORMAL AND IMPAIRED NUMBER PROCESSINGIntroduction; Cognitive Mechanisms in Number Processing and Calculation; The Architecture of Number Processing System; Number Processing Deficits; Lexical and Syntactic Processing in Spoken Verbal Number-Production; A Model for Spoken Verbal Number-Production; Conclusion; 10 DISSOCIATIONS OF CALCULATION PROCESSES; Introduction; The Architecture of the Calculation System; General Versus Specific Deficits; Conclusion; 11 THE FRACTIONATION OF ARITHMETICAL SKILLS: A SINGLE CASE STUDY; Introduction; Case Report |
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Psychological Test FindingsExperimental Investigation; Discussion; Appendix 3: Case Report; Comment; 12 CROSS-CULTURAL APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF CALCULATION PROCESSES; Introduction; A Model of Calculation Performance; Arithmetic Ability in Illiterates; Mathematical Knowledge in African Societies; Achievement of Mathematical and Calculation Knowledge in Asian Children and Adults; Calculation by Abacus Users; Discussion; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX |
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Acalculia.
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Mathematical ability -- Physiological aspects
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Neuropsychology.
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Dyscalculia
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acalculia.
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conservation of number.
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developmental psychology.
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Genevan School.
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mathematical cognition.
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number processing deficit.
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number processing disorders.
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Piaget.
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Acalculia
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Mathematical ability -- Physiological aspects
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Neuropsychology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Deloche, Ge?rard, editor
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Seron, Xavier, editor
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| ISBN |
9780429949210 |
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0429949219 |
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