Yifeng Wei, Li Sha, Robert McWeeny, Rav Johal, Constance Easton, Andrew Baxter, Bo Cao, Andrew Greenshaw, Wendy Carr
Evaluating the effectiveness of a school-based mental health literacy intervention from a comprehensive demographic and social-cognitive perspective
Scientific reports
fullblown research topic numerical cognition investigated variety disciplines including cognitive science developmental educational psychology linguistics anthropology recently biology neuroscience however despite great progress achieved broad diversified scientific inquiry still lacking comprehensive theory could explain numerical concepts learned human brain perspective argue computer simulation primary role filling gap allows identifying finergrained computational mechanisms underlying complex behavior cognition modeling efforts effective carried crossdisciplinary intersections attested recent success simulating human cognition using techniques developed fields artificial intelligence machine learning respect deep learning models provided valuable insights basic quantification abilities showing numerosity perception could emerge multilayered neural networks learn statistical structure visual environment nevertheless modeling approach yet scaled sophisticated cognitive skills foundational higherlevel mathematical thinking involving use symbolic numbers arithmetic principles discuss promising directions push deep learning uncharted territory successful endeavor would allow simulating acquisition numerical concepts full complexity guiding empirical investigation richest soil possibly offering farreaching implications educational practice