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Numbers are ubiquitous in life. At the same time, the symbols for numbers are highly abstract and their visual appearance does not carry any direct relation to their magnitude. This poses an important question for researchers interested in how numbers are mentally processed. Whe…

This thesis aims to clarify different aspects of the mechanisms underlying number processing. In particular, the research has two main purposes; first, to explore the conditions under which numerals may autonomously access semantics; second, to investigate whether transcoding fr…

In this work of doctoral dissertation there has been realized an examination of the numerical processing and the calculation to 19 patients with cerebral injury. For it there has been used a battery of evaluation that consists of six blocks: numerical comprehension, numerical re…