The study has two objectives:(1) to introduce grip force recording as a new technique for
studying embodied numerical processing; and (2) to demonstrate how three competing …

Maintaining serial order in working memory is crucial for cognition. Recent theories propose
that serial information is achieved by positional coding of items on a spatial frame of …

This paper presents the results of an experimental investigation that looks into the
acceptability and interpretation judgements that Basque native speakers give to sentences …

Directional response biases due to a conceptual link between space and number, such as a
left-to-right hand bias for increasing numerical magnitude, are known as the SNARC (Spatial …

Linking arbitrary shapes (eg, circles, squares, and triangles) to personal labels (eg, self,
friend, or stranger) or reward values (eg,£ 18,£ 6, or£ 2) results in immediate processing …

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the lives of billions of people worldwide. Individuals
and groups were compelled to construct theories of common sense about the disease to …

Magnitude estimation has been studied since the beginnings of scientific psychology and
constitutes a fundamental aspect of human behavior. Yet, it has apparently never been …

The concept of percent is ubiquitous in modern society. Percent is a common component
across all forms of communication and occurs along a continuum from small scale (eg the tip …

At least three well‑documented phenomena indicate a relationship between numbers and
the internal representation of space. They are shifting attention in accordance with the …

This thesis presents novel developmental robotics models of number cognition which take
into account the embodied basis of this process. The ability to perceive quantity is …