Numerical cognition
2018 Spring
Dates: 23 February, 9 March, 20 April, 18 May 9:00-16:00
Room: Károli Gáspár University, 1037 Budapest, Bécsi út 324. V. build., room 304
The aim of the course is to give an introduction to the numerical cognition research area. On one hand, the course covers many aspects of the numerical cognition basic research: numerical cognition in healthy adults, development of mathematical abilities, neuroscientific background of those abilities, number understanding in animals, etc. On the other hand, the course discusses several applied aspects, such as educational programs, diagnosis and remedy of developmental dyscalculia, measurement of acquired numerical impairments, etc.
Topics
Demonstration of some numerical phenomena
Basic numerical representations
Analog Magnitude System
The role of verbal representation
Discrete Semantic System
Object quantification
Development and impairment of numerical abilities
Numerical abilities in infants
Numerical abilities in preschoolers
Impairment of numerical abilities and dyscalculia
The role of the number notation in number processing
Cultural history of number notations
Typology of number notations
The role of number notations in number processing
Readings
Dehaene, S. (1997). The number sense: How the mind creates mathematics. New York: Oxford University Press.
Some Hungarian readings on a previous description of this course.
Optionally, see information on our lab's web page.
Requirements
Choose one of the following option (we'll discuss the chosen options on
9 March20 April, deadline is 11 May)Wikipedia article in numerical cognition, minimum 8000 characters (with spaces). (See some help in Hungarian.)
Running a numerical experiment. The plans will be discussed before collecting the data.
Detailed commentary for one of our manuscript in preparation.
Read 3 papers in a specific subtopic published in the recent 2 years, and summarize them in an essay.
Slides
Some of the slides are in Hungarian. Translation is in progress.
