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The Physiology of Numerical Learning: From Neural Correlates to Embodied Trainings

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Numbers are an important part of everyday life in our modern knowledge societies. Accordingly, numerical deficits are associated with severe consequences for life prospects of affected individuals and society as a whole. Therefore, increasing research interest is devoted to broaden our understanding of the neurocognitive underpinnings of numerical learning and the development of new training approaches using new digital media. In this chapter, we will first evaluate the neural correlates of numerical cognition with a specific focus on structural and functional connectivity and how numerical learning is reflected in the human brain. In the second part of the chapter, we will elaborate on how numerical learning can be corroborated by computer-supported embodied spatial-numerical trainings. In these trainings, participants engage physically in a task using interactive input devices such as a digital dance mat or the Kinect sensor to corroborate spatial-numerical associations as reflected by the conceptual metaphor of a mental number line. Integrating these two lines of argument we discuss the possible origins of numerical cognition as redeployed neural correlates from physical experiences.

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Fischer, U., Klein, E., Dackermann, T., Moeller, K. (2017). The Physiology of Numerical Learning: From Neural Correlates to Embodied Trainings. In: Schwan, S., Cress, U. (eds) The Psychology of Digital Learning. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49077-9_2

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