Psychology The psychology of arithmetic is interested in how humans and animals learn about numbers, represent them, and use them for calculations. It examines how mathematical problems are understood and solved and how arithmetic abilities are related to perception, memory, judgment, and decision making. For example, it investigates how collections of concrete items are first encountered in perception and subsequently associated with numbers. A further field of inquiry concerns the relation between numerical calculations and the use of language to form representations. Psychology also explores the biological origin of arithmetic as an inborn ability. This concerns pre-verbal and pre-symbolic cognitive processes implementing arithmetic-like operations required to successfully represent the world and perform tasks like spatial navigation.
psychology the psychology of arithmetic is interested in how humans and animals learn about numbers represent them and use them for calculations it examines how mathematical problems are understood and solved and how arithmetic abilities are related to perception memory judgment and decision making for example it investigates how collections of concrete items are first encountered in perception and subsequently associated with numbers a further field of inquiry concerns the relation between numerical calculations and the use of language to form representations psychology also explores the biological origin of arithmetic as an inborn ability this concerns pre-verbal and pre-symbolic cognitive processes implementing arithmetic-like operations required to successfully represent the world and perform tasks like spatial navigation