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Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Math CognitionFrom Biological Brain to Mathematical Mind: The Long-Term Evolution of Mathematical Thinking

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Math Cognition: From Biological Brain to Mathematical Mind: The... [In this chapter we consider how research into the operation of the brain can give practical advice to teachers and learners to assist them in their long-term development of mathematical thinking. At one level, there is extensive research in neurophysiology that gives some insights into the structure and operation of the brain; for example, magnetic resonance imagery (MRI) gives a three-dimensional picture of brain structure and fMRI (functional MRI) reveals changes in neural activity by measuring blood flow to reveal which parts of the brain are more active over a period of time. But this blood flow can only be measured to a resolution of 1 or 2 seconds and does not reveal the full subtlety of the underlying electrochemical activity involved in human thinking which operates over much shorter periods.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Math CognitionFrom Biological Brain to Mathematical Mind: The Long-Term Evolution of Mathematical Thinking

Part of the Mathematics in Mind Book Series
Editors: Danesi, Marcel
Tall, David
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Math Cognition — Sep 15, 2019
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Springer International Publishing
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© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
ISBN
978-3-030-22536-0
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1 –28
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-22537-7_1
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[In this chapter we consider how research into the operation of the brain can give practical advice to teachers and learners to assist them in their long-term development of mathematical thinking. At one level, there is extensive research in neurophysiology that gives some insights into the structure and operation of the brain; for example, magnetic resonance imagery (MRI) gives a three-dimensional picture of brain structure and fMRI (functional MRI) reveals changes in neural activity by measuring blood flow to reveal which parts of the brain are more active over a period of time. But this blood flow can only be measured to a resolution of 1 or 2 seconds and does not reveal the full subtlety of the underlying electrochemical activity involved in human thinking which operates over much shorter periods.]

Published: Sep 15, 2019

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