My thesis focuses on numerical cognition and specifically, on the mental processes involved in enumeration and their association with the numerical symbolic system.

I study both explicit and implicit processes; the latter is studied using a Stroop-like experimental paradigm: the numerosity congruity task.

Aside from the behavioral aspects of these processes, I plan to examine brain mechanisms that are involved in enumeration, using neuroimaging methods (fMRI) applied for the study of neurological patients as well as normal subjects.

other links: Neuroscience, Cognition and Education - An interdisciplinary think tank under the supervision of the Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Education, Israel.

email: shronn@bgu.ac.il

Recent Publications

• Naparstek, S., & Henik, H. (2007). To Identify 2- What Counts? Proceedings of the 15th meeting of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology, Marseille, p. 97.
• Naparstek, S., & Biran, I. (2007). The Existence and Nature of Mental Lines in Hebrew Speaking Healthy Individuals and Patients Suffering from Neglect. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, supplementary, p.109.