SUBJECT
Numerical Cognition
CCNM17-CN-107:3
lecture
Master
4
Semester 3
Autumn semester
The course reviews the current models of numerical cognition. We cover development of numerical cognition, together with the developmental impairment of those abilities. Relevant aspects of animal cognition is also discussed.
Content of the course
Topics of the course
- development of numerical cognition,
- developmental impairment of those abilities.
- relevant aspects of animal cognition is also discussed.
Learning activities, learning methods
Lectures and interactive discussions
Evaluation of outcomes
Learning requirements, mode of evaluation, criteria of evaluation:
requirements
- attendance
mode of evaluation: examination
- Dehaene, S. (1997). The number sense: How the mind creates mathematics. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Halberda, J., Mazzocco, M. M. M., & Feigenson, L. (2008). Individual differences in non-verbal number acuity correlate with maths achievement. Nature, 455(7213), 665–668. doi:10.1038/nature07246
- Stoianov, I., & Zorzi, M. (2012). Emergence of a “visual number sense” in hierarchical generative models. Nature Neuroscience, 15(2), 194–196. doi:10.1038/nn.2996
- Krajcsi, A., Szabó, E., & Mórocz, I. Á. (2013). Subitizing Is Sensitive to the Arrangement of Objects. Experimental Psychology, 1(-1), 1–8. doi:10.1027/1618-3169/a000191
- Verguts, T., & Van Opstal, F. (2014). A Delta-Rule Model of Numerical and Non-Numerical Order Processing. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, No Pagination Specified. doi:10.1037/a0035114