Mathematical Disabilities: A Cognitive Neuropsychological Perspective

ISBN-13: 9781138594913 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 298 str.

Gérard Deloche; Xavier Seron

Opis

Originally published in 1987, the objective of this book was to promote an evolution in the neuropsychology of calculation and number processing deficits and thus to introduce recent research and theoretical approaches that are of particular interest for the neuropsychological approach to mathematical cognition.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Alcalculia Revisited: Current Issues Paul A. Spiers  2. Notational Constraints on Mental Operations Esther G. Gonzalez and Paul A. Kolers  3. Differential Processing of Phonographic and Logographic Single-Digit Numbers by the Two Hemispheres Däniel Holender and Ronald Peereman  4. Sources of Working-Memory Error in Children’s Mental Arithmetic Charles J. Brainerd  5. Mathematical Disability and the Gerstmann Syndrome Arthur L. Benton  6. The Effect of Spatial Disorders on Arithmetical Skills W. Hartje  7. Numerical Transcoding: A General Production Model Gerard Deloche and Xavier Seron  8. The Production of Counting Sequences by Aphasics and Children: A Matter of Lexical Processing? Xavier Seron and Gerard Deloche  9. Cognitive Mechanisms in Normal and Impaired Number Processing Michael McCloskey and Alfonzo Caramazza  10. Dissociations of Calculation Processes Alfonzo Caramazza and Michael McCloskey  11. The Fractionation of Arithmetical Skills: A Single Case Study Elizabeth K. Warrington  12. Cross-Cultural Approaches to the Study of Calculation Processes Jordan Grafman and Francois Boller.  Author Index.  Subject Index.

O autorze

Gerard Deloche and Xavier Seron