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Author:   Stanislas Dehaene (Director, INSERM-CEA Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit) ,  Elizabeth Brannon (Center for Conginitive Neuroscience, Duke University)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 19.10cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.070kg
ISBN:  

9780123859488

ISBN 10:   0123859484
Pages:   374
Publication Date:   13 July 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Section I Mental Magnitudes and their Transformations 1. Mental Magnitudes 2. Objects, Sets, and Ensembles 3. Attention Mechanisms for Counting in Stabilized and in Dynamic Displays Section II Neural Codes for Space, Time and Number 4. A Manifold of Spatial Maps in the Brain 5. Temporal Neuronal Oscillations can Produce Spatial Phase Codes 6. Population Clocks 7. Discrete Neuroanatomical Substrates for Generating and Updating Temporal Expectations 8. The Neural Code for Number Section III Shared Mechanisms for Space, Time and Number? 9. Synesthesia 10. How is Number Associated with Space? The Role of Working Memory 11. Neglect “Around the Clock” 12. Saccades Compress Space, Time, and Number* Section IV Origins of Proto-Mathematical Intuitions 13. Origins of Spatial, Temporal, and Numerical Cognition 14. Evolutionary Foundations of the Approximate Number System 15. Origins and Development of Generalized Magnitude Representation Section V Representational Change and Education 16. Foundational Numerical Capacities and the Origins of Dyscalculia 17. Neurocognitive Start-Up Tools for Symbolic Number Representations 18. Natural Number and Natural Geometry 19. Geometry as a Universal Mental Construction 20. How Languages Construct Time 21. Improving Low-Income Children’s Number Sense

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