Number Processing and Arithmetic ☆

Decades of research investigating the origins and nature of mathematical cognition suggest that humans possess a sophisticated network of neural systems for representing and manipulating symbolic and nonsymbolic numerical information, some of which we appear to share with other animal species. This article reviews behavioral and neurocognitive research describing these systems and their development in humans, highlighting the ways in which we are similar to, and different from, other species with regards to mathematical cognition.