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Record Nr.

UNINA9910996482103321

Autore

Danesi Marcel

Titolo

Image Schema Theory and Mathematical Cognition / / by Marcel Danesi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2025

ISBN

9783031854149

3031854144

Edizione

[1st ed. 2025.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VIII, 97 p. 38 illus.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Cognitive Mathematics

Disciplina

519

Soggetti

Neural networks (Computer science)

Mathematics - Study and teaching

Cognitive neuroscience

Mathematical Models of Cognitive Processes and Neural Networks

Mathematics Education

Cognitive Neuroscience

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- The Starting Point: Lakoff and Núñez -- Image Schema Theory -- Related Processes -- Learning, Diagrams, and AI -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book uses blending theory in math cognition, and assesses the main aspect of this theory, called image schema theory. Applied work in math pedagogy has used this theory, but no work has assessed its validity. This book provides an overall assessment of the theory with regard to its validity in the study of math cognition. Overall, this book presents image schema theory as it has evolved today to mathematicians, cognitive scientists, and math educators, deriving from it any concrete implications for modeling math in computer science and, on the other side, for making math pedagogy more effective.