Mathematical cognition 2404-P/K-MF-PM

The main goal of the lectures is to present a review of data from the literature on the brain basis of mathematical skills, biological and environmental determinants of number processing difficulties, taking into account current knowledge in the field of developmental and clinical psychology and the results of experimental research (both behavioral and psychophysiological).
The following topics will be discussed during the lectures:
- Development of mathematical skills in children;
- Language and using numbers,
- Number systems, intercultural differences, history of using numbers,
- Cognitive abilities that are the basis of mathematical skills;
- Biological and environmental foundations of mathematical skills
- Mental representations of numbers and space;
- Numerical-spatial relationships (including the numerical distance effect, SNARC effect), mental number line, review of data from behavioral and psychophysiological research;
- Effects of lesions (mainly parietal), review of clinical data;
- Developmental dyscalculia as an example of a deficit in mathematical skills and its neural correlates, problems with diagnosis, methods of assessing the risk of dyscalculia, therapy;
- Cerebral asymmetry in math skills;
- Animal math skills.