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Reading, Writing, Mathematics and the Developing Brain: Listening to Many Voices

  • Provides an up-to-date overview of recent brain imaging research on reading, writing, and mathematics
  • Includes contributions from many of the principal scientists responsible for major breakthroughs concerned with the brain's involvement in reading, writing, and mathematics
  • The coverage of these 3 distinct topics in a single volume makes the inter-relationships between these domains apparent for the first time

Part of the book series: Literacy Studies (LITS, volume 6)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Introduction to Reading and Writing Sections

    • Victoria J. Molfese, Zvia Breznitz
    Pages 1-3
  3. Magnetic Source Imaging: A Suitable Tool of Exploring the Neurophysiology of Typical and Impaired Reading Ability

    • Roozbeh Rezaie, Panagiotis G. Simos, Jack M. Fletcher, Carolyn Denton, Andrew C. Papanicolaou
    Pages 25-47
  4. Optimizing Reading Enhancement: Evidence from Brain Research

    • Olga Chuntonov, Zvia Breznitz
    Pages 83-112
  5. Spelling Disability – Neurophysiologic Correlates and Intervention

    • Gerd Schulte-Körne, Jennifer Bruder, Elensa Ise, Ellen RĂĽckert
    Pages 157-175
  6. The Beginning of the Road: Learning Mathematics for the First Time

    • Tamar Ben-Shalom, Andrea Berger, Avishai Henik
    Pages 195-208
  7. Ordinal Processing of Numerical and Non-numerical Information

    • Dana Sury, Orly Rubinsten
    Pages 209-232
  8. Diagnostics and Intervention in Developmental Dyscalculia: Current Issues and Novel Perspectives

    • Korbinian Moeller, Ursula Fischer, Ulrike Cress, Hans-Christoph Nuerk
    Pages 233-275
  9. Number Sense in Low-Performing Kindergarten Children: Effects of a Working Memory and an Early Math Training

    • Evelyn H. Kroesbergen, Jaccoline E. Van’t Noordende, Meijke E. Kolkman
    Pages 295-313
  10. Back Matter

    Pages 315-324

About this book

This valuable addition to the literature offers readers a comprehensive overview of recent brain imaging research focused on reading, writing and mathematics—a research arena characterized by rapid advances that follow on the heels of fresh developments and techniques in brain imaging itself. With contributions from many of the lead scientists in this field, a number of whom have been responsible for key breakthroughs, the coverage deals with the commonalities of, as well as the differences between, brain activity related to the three core educational topics. At the same time, the volume addresses vital new information on both brain and behavior indicators of developmental problems, and points out the new directions being pursued using current advances in brain imaging technologies as well as research-based interventions. The book is also a tribute to a new Edmund, J Safra Brain center for the study of learning Disabilities at the University of Haifa-Israel.

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Faculty of Education, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Israel

    Zvia Breznitz

  • , Dept. of Learning Disabilities, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Israel

    Orly Rubinsten

  • , Dept. of Child, Youth & Fam. Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, USA

    Victoria J. Molfese

  • , Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, USA

    Dennis L. Molfese

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Reading, Writing, Mathematics and the Developing Brain: Listening to Many Voices

  • Editors: Zvia Breznitz, Orly Rubinsten, Victoria J. Molfese, Dennis L. Molfese

  • Series Title: Literacy Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4086-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Behavioral Science, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-4085-3Published: 07 June 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9765-9Published: 18 July 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-4086-0Published: 01 June 2012

  • Series ISSN: 2214-000X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-0018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 324

  • Topics: Cognitive Psychology, Education, general, Psycholinguistics

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eBook USD 84.99
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  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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