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Dual-Process Theories of Numerical Cognition

Part of the SpringerBriefs in Philosophy Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-96797-4

ISBN: 978-3-319-96796-7

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Aug 13, 2018

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Chapter 1Introduction

Graziano, Mario

Pages: 1 –5

[Using numbers to trade, classify, and sort goods and items may seem an easy, convenient, and almost ordinary task. This fact in itself could seem surprising, since numbers are—as Adam Smith famously said,—“among the most abstract ideas which the human mind is capable of forming”. If it were to...
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The System 1

Graziano, Mario

Pages: 9 –37

[This chapter is devoted to the discovery of the core abilities underlying human numerical cognition. Neuroscientists hypothesises that human beings are born with a “number sense” that they share with other animals and that this instinct is the expression of the functioning of a “mental organ”, a...
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The System 2

Graziano, Mario

Pages: 39 –60

[We think that the numbers are accurate, that tells us the truth, and that are not exposed to any interpretation. Consequently, the numbers are merely numbers, regardless of the context in which they occur, regardless of the culture of single population. However, in recent years there have been...
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Dissociations Between System 1 and System 2

Graziano, Mario

Pages: 61 –86

[Calculation ability represents an extremely complex cognitive process. It has been understood to represent a multifactor skill, including verbal, spatial, memory, and executive function abilities. In this chapter, we will deal with it by calculation disturbances are analyzed. Specifically,...
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Possible Explanations

Graziano, Mario

Pages: 89 –121
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Dual Process Theories for Calculus

Graziano, Mario

Pages: 123 –147

[The dual process theories are popular in many domains of psychology, such as reasoning, decision making, social cognition, cognitive development, clinical psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. In the last chapter, this theoretical approach is applied, for the first time, to the studies on...

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