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The Development of Numeracy: Fingers Count!

open access: yes, 2010
Penner-Wilger, Marcie   +6 more
openaire   +1 more source

The role of vision in the development of finger–number interactions: Finger-counting and finger-montring in blind children

open access: yesJournal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2011
Previous research has suggested that the use of the fingers may play a functional role in the development of a mature counting system. However, the role of developmental vision in the elaboration of a fin- ger numeral representation remains unexplored ...
Virginie Crollen   +2 more
exaly   +4 more sources

Finger counting habits modulate spatial-numerical associations

open access: yesCortex, 2008
This study explored the contribution of finger counting habits to the association of numbers with space (the SNARC effect). First, a questionnaire study indicated that two-thirds of 445 adults started counting on their left hand, regardless of their ...
Martin H Fischer
exaly   +2 more sources

The cognitive foundations of early arithmetic skills: It is counting and number judgment, but not finger gnosis, that count [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2016
Following on from ideas developed by Gerstmann, a body of work has suggested that impairments in finger gnosis may be causally related to children’s difficulties in learning arithmetic.
Stephanie A Malone   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Finger Counting and (2D:4D) Digit Ratio in Spatial-Numerical Association

open access: yesPerception, 2016
It is reported that a canonical and cultural finger counting habit influences the spatial-numerical association. The digit ratio (the ratio between the lengths of the index and ring fingers as a putative indicator of prenatal androgen exposure) also ...
Marco Fabbri, Vincenzo Natale
exaly   +2 more sources

Finger Counting Habits in Middle Eastern and Western Individuals: An Online Survey

open access: yesJournal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2011
Item does not contain fulltextThe current study documents the presence of cultural differences in the development of finger counting strategies. About 900 Middle Eastern (i.e., Iranian) and Western (i.e., European and American) individuals reported in an
Oliver Lindemann, Martin H Fischer
exaly   +2 more sources

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