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Thestudyofmathematicalcognitionandthewaysinwhichtheideasofspace,timeandnumberareencodedinbraincircuitryhasbecomeafundamentalissueforneuroscience.Howsuchencodingdiffersacrossculturesandeducationallevelisoffurtherinterestineducationandneuropsychology.Thisrapidlyexpandingfieldofresearchisoverdueforaninterdisciplinaryvolumesuchasthis,whichdealswiththeneurologicalandpsychologicalfoundationsofhumannumericcapacity.Auniquelyintegrativework,thisvolumeprovidesamuchneededcompilationofprimarysourcematerialtoresearchersfrombasicneuroscience,psychology,developmentalscience,neuroimaging,neuropsychologyandtheoreticalbiology.*Thefirstcomprehensiveandauthoritativevolumedealingwithneurologicalandpsychologicalfoundationsofmathematicalcognition*Uniquelyintegrativevolumeatthefrontierofarapidlyexpandinginterdisciplinaryfield*Featuresoutstandingandtrulyinternationalscholarship,withchapterswrittenbyleadingexpertsinavarietyoffields