1st Edition

Mathematical Disabilities A Cognitive Neuropsychological Perspective

Edited By Gérard Deloche, Xavier Seron Copyright 1987
302 Pages
by Routledge

302 Pages
by Routledge

302 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1987, interest in mathematical cognition was not new in psychology. However, it was rediscovered in the 1970s under the influential work of the Genevan School. In particular, Piaget’s work on conservation, including conservation of number, profoundly influenced developmental psychologists who, working first in the Piagetian theoretical framework, began to discover a... Read more

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.

Biography

Gerard Deloche and Xavier Seron