The Mathematical Brain: Naze sugaku ga tokui na hito to nigate na hito ga irunoka? Author

Naze sugaku ga tokui na hito to nigate na hito ga irunoka?
(Why are some people good, but others bad at maths?)

Books: Authored
Books: Edited
Conferences Refereed
Conference Contributions
Invited Talks
Edited Works: Chapters
Editorships
Academic Journals
Popular Journals
Official Reports
Recent Book Reviews
Recent Newspaper Articles
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Books: Authored

Butterworth, B. (1999).
The Mathematical Brain.
London: Macmillan.

Also Published As (1999).
What Counts
New York: Simon & Schuster.

Also Published As (1999).
Intelligenza Matematica.
Milano: Rizzoli.

Also Published As (2000).
Den matematiska människan.
Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.

Also Published As (2001).
Naze sugaku ga tokui na hito to nigate na hito ga irunoka?
(Why are some people good, but others bad at maths?)
Tokyo: Shufunotomosha.

Additional Chapter (April 2002).
From fear of fractions to the joy of maths with Mathematical Brain Test (PDF)

Butterworth, B. (2003)
Dyscalculia Screener.
(British Education & Training with
Technology Software Award, 2004)
London: nferNelson (Software & Manual)

Butterworth, B. & Yeo, D. (2004)
Dyscalculia Guidance.
London: nferNelson

Books: Edited

Butterworth, B. (1980) ed.
Language Production Volume 1: Speech and Talk.
London: Academic Press.

Butterworth, B. (1983) ed.
Language Production Volume 2:
Development, Writing and Other Language Processes.
London: Academic Press.

Butterworth, B., Comrie, B. & Dahl, Ö. (1983) eds.
Explanations for Language Universals.
Berlin: Mouton.

Butterworth, B. (1996) ed.
Mathematical Cognition: Volume 1.
Psychology Press, Hove.

Conferences Refereed

Butterworth, B.
Speech production and conversational interaction.
Epistemology for the Behavioral Sciences,
S.U.N.Y. Buffalo, April 1977.

Butterworth, B. & Gazdar, G.
Quantifier contraction.
Linguistics Association of Great Britain.
Walsall, England. June 1977.

Butterworth, B.
Is aphasia a language disorder?
International Neuropsychology Symposium.
Ravello, Italy. June 1982.

Butterworth, B.
Compensatory strategies.
Fourth European Cognitive Neuropsychology Workshop.
Bressanone, Italy. January 1986.

Butterworth, B.
Morphological processing: the main issues.
Sixth European Cognitive Neuropsychology Workshop.
Bressanone, Italy. January 1988.

Panzeri, M., Semenza, C., Ferreri, T. & Butterworth, B.
Free use of derivational morphology in an Italian jargon aphasic.
Eighth International Conference on Phonology and Morphology.
Krems, Austria. June 1988.

Butterworth, B.
Comment la representation de la pensée d'autrui oriente le comportment.
Atelier INSERM: Approche comportemental des Neurosciences.
Carcans, France. September 1989.

Semenza, C., Panzeri, M., Ferreri, T. & Butterworth, B.
Paragrammatisms: a study of five Italian patients.
Academy of Aphasia, Santa Fe. October 1989.

Butterworth, B. & Yin, W. G.
Universal and language specific processes in reading:
evidence from Chinese dyslexia.
Eighth European Workshop on Cognitive Neuropsychology.
Bressanone, Italy. January, 1990.

Cipolotti, L. & Butterworth, B.
Specific loss of numerical knowledge and calculation abilities:
A single case study.
Experimental Psychology Society. Manchester. April, 1990.

Cipolotti, L. & Butterworth, B.
1, 2, 3, 4. La mia matematica finisce qui. A case of severe acalculia.
European Brain and Behaviour Society,
Cognitive Neuroscience Meeting.
Padova, Italy. April, 1990.

Butterworth, B.
Disorders of symbol systems: an example from numbers.
Ninth European Workshop on Cognitive Neuropsychology.
Bressanone, Italy. January, 1991.

Butterworth, B. & Yin Wengang.
Recent studies of Chinese dyslexia.
British Neuropsychological Society. London. March 1991.

Butterworth, B. & Yin Wengang.
The universality of two routines for reading:
Evidence from Chinese dyslexia.
Academy of Aphasia 29th Annual Meeting. Rome. October 1991.

Vigliocco, G., Butterworth, B. & Semenza, C.
Computing subject-verb agreement (in Italian).
Psychonomic Society, San Francisco, November 1991.

Butterworth, B.
The universality of the multiroute model of reading:
Evidence from Chinese and Japanese reading.
Tenth European Workshop on Cognitive Neuropsychology.
Bressanone, Italy. January, 1992.

Semenza, C., Butterworth, B., Panzeri, M. & Hittmair-Delazer, M.
Derivational morphology in aphasic speech.
Berkeley Linguistic Society, BLS18, Berkeley, California.
February, 1992.

Vigliocco, G., Butterworth, B., Semenza, C. & Fossella, S.
How two aphasic speakers construct subject-verb agreement.
Tenth International Conference on Phonology and Morphology.
Krems, Austria. June 1992.

Cipolotti, L., Warrington, E. K. & Butterworth, B.
Arabic numeral dyslexia: A single case study.
International Neuropsychological Society,
Fifteenth European Conference.
Funchal, Madeira. June, 1993.

Wydell, T., Butterworth, B. & Patterson, K.
Kanji word naming: Are there consistency effects in Kanji?
Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour & Cognitive Science
with the Experimental Psychology Society,
Third Annual Meeting. Toronto, Canada. July, 1993.

Wydell, T., Butterworth, B. & Patterson, K. E.
The inconsistency of consistency effects in reading:
still no sign of the effects in Kanji word naming.
Experimental Psychology Society, London. January 1994.

Yin, W. G., Butterworth, B. & Patterson, K.E.
Neuropsychological study of Chinese acquired dyslexia.
Experimental Psychology Society, London. January 1994.

Cipolotti, L., Warrington, E. K. & Butterworth, B.
Arabic numeral dyslexia: A single case study.
Experimental Psychology Society, London. January 1994.

Zorzi, M., Houghton, G. & Butterworth, B.
Phonological reading: A connectionist investigation.
Twelfth European Workshop on Cognitive Neuropsychology.
Bressanone, Italy, January 1994.

Zorzi, M., Houghton, G. & Butterworth, B.
Lettura fonologica: una modello connessionista.
Società Italiana di Neurologia (Sezione di Neuropsicologia).
Bologna, Italy. April 1994.

Yin, W.G. & Butterworth, B.
Chinese Pure Alexia.
TENNET, Montreal, May, 1994.

Butterworth, B, Cipolotti, L. & Warrington, E. K.
Working memory in arithmetic: A case study.
BPS Workshop on Working Memory. Cambridge, August, 1994.

Benke, Th. & Butterworth, B. Palilalia:
Two case reports and several implications.
Academy of Aphasia, Boston, October 1994.

Wydell, T. N. & Butterworth, B.
The inconsistency of consistency effects in reading:
The case of Japanese Kanji phonology.
ICSLP 94 (International Conference on
Spoken Language Processing).
Yokohama, Japan, September, 1994.
(Proceedings: ICSLP 94, S21-1, 1127-1130).

Cipolotti, L. & Butterworth, B.
Multiple routes in reading words. Why not in reading numbers?
Twelfth European Workshop on Cognitive Neuropsychology.
Bressanone, Italy, January 1994.

Butterworth, B.
Where do semantic errors come from?
Twelfth European Workshop on Cognitive Neuropsychology.
Bressanone, Italy, January 1994.

Delazer, M. & Butterworth, B.
Types of a number: A neuropsychological perspective.
British Neuropsychological Society. London, April 1995.

Wydell, T. N. & Butterworth, B.
A Japanese-English bilingual with monolingual dyslexia.
International Congress of Psychology. Montreal, July 1995.

Butterworth, B. & Yin, W. G.
The functional and anatomical basis of Chinese acquired dyslexia.
Association of British Neurologists and the British
Neuropsychological Society, Joint Meeting.
London, September, 1995.

Butterworth, B. & Yin, W. G.
Pure alexia in Chinese.
Association of British Neurologists and the British
Neuropsychological Society, Joint Meeting.
London, September, 1995.

Delazer, M., Ewen, P., Butterworth, B., & Benke, T.
Implicit memory and arithmetic.
International Conference on Memory.
Abano Terme, Italy. July, 1996.

Francis, A., Richards, M., & Butterworth, B.
Sematic memory in Alzheimer's Disease:
The effects of educational attainment.
European Society for Cognitive Psychology Conference.
Würzburg, Germany. September, 1996.

Francis, A., Richards, M., & Butterworth, B.
Sematic memory in Alzheimer's Disease:
The effects of educational attainment.
Pharmacology, Biochemistry, & Behaviour Meeting.
Morzine, France. January, 1997.

Zorzi, M. & Butterworth, B.
On the representation of number concepts
Proceedings of the 19th Annual Conference of
the Cognitive Science Society.
Stanford, CA. August, 1997.

Benke, T., Hohenstein, C, & Butterworth, B.
An analysis of repetitive speech in Parkinson's disease.
TENNET IX. Montreal, Canada. June, 1998.

Zorzi, M. & Butterworth, B.
A computational model of number comparison.
Twenty-first annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.
San Francisco. August, 1999.

Butterworth, B., Granà, A., Piazza, M., Price, C., & Skuse, D.
Language and the origins of number skills:
karyotypic differences in Turner's syndrome.
Academy of Aphasia. Venice, October, 1999.

Butterworth, B.,
Good and bad at numbers: is there a genetic basis?
International Congress of Psychology, July, 2000.

Conference Contributions

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Butterworth, B. & Good, D.
Ambiguity: Psychological perspectives on a conversational phenomenon.
British Sociological Association. Multidisciplinary Conference on
Interaction and Language Use. Plymouth, England. July, 1984.

Butterworth, B.
Developmental and acquired dyslexia.
TLH-Kursen Neurolingustik. Goteberg, Sweden. August, 1984.

Butterworth, B.
Syntactic and lexical processes in aphasia.
TLH-Kursen Neurolingustik. Goteberg, Sweden. August, 1984.

Butterworth, B., Shallice, T. & Watson, F.
Short-term retention of sentences without "short-term memory".
Neuropsychological impariments of short-term memory.
Villa Olmo, Como, Italy. September, 1987.

Butterworth, B.
Patterns of aphasic speech in different languages.
Australian Association of Speech and Hearing, Melbourne.
October 1988.

Butterworth, B.
Why does cross-cultural research matter in theory and practice?
London Dyslexia Association Conference. Institute of Neurology.
London, November, 1990.

Butterworth, B.
How many lexicons? Static and dynamic approaches to an answer.
Belgian Psychological Society meeting,
The production and perception of
spoken language. Louvain-la-Neuve. March 1992.
(Invited opening address).

Butterworth, B.
Neural organisation and writing systems.
European Science Foundation Second Workshop on Written
Language and Literacy.
Wassenaar, The Netherlands, October 1993.

Butterworth, B.
Disorders of sentence production.
Royal Society Discussion Meeting,
Language Acquisition and Dissolution.
London, April 1994.

Butterworth, B.
Trying to bridge the gap betwen phonological representations
and phonetic realisation.
1st Annual Innsbruck Neuropsychology Conference on Language
and Language Disorders. Innsbruck, Austria, January 21, 1995

Butterworth, B.
Acquired dyslexia in Chinese speakers.
New Methods in Comparative Aphasiology.
1995 Linguistic Institute. Albuquerque, NM. June, 1995.

Butterworth, B.
Language and numbers: Separate cognitive domains?
Language and Mathematical Thinking:
Current Issues in Developmental,
Neuropsychological and Educational Research.
London. September, 1995.

Girelli, L & Butterworth, B.
Finger counting in adulthood.
Language and Mathematical Thinking:
Current Issues in Developmental,
Neuropsychological and Educational Research.
London. September, 1995.

Butterworth, B.
Types of Numbers: A neuropsychological perspective.
Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca e Intervento
nella Psicopatologia dell'Apprendimento:
I disturbi di Ragionamento e di Appredimento
Matematico. Trieste, Italy, October 1995.

Wydell, T. N. & Butterworth, B.
A Japanese-English bilingual with monolingual dyslexia.
International Conference on Neurolinguistics and Bilingualism.
London. December, 1995.
(New Scientist, 20 January 1996, Number 2013, p 14).

Butterworth, B.
Gesture and speech: a new approach.
Workshop on Cognitive Neuropsychology.
Bressanone, Italy. January, 1998.

Butterworth, B.
Our mathematical brains.
BPS Developmental Section. Nottingham,
September, 1999.

Butterworth, B.& Skuse, D.
Mathematical development in individuals with Turner's Syndrome.
Language, reasoning and early mathematical development.
London, September, 1999. (Keynote)

Butterworth, B.
The origins of our mathematical intelligence.
International Meeting "La Mente".
Urbino, Italy, April, 2000.

Butterworth, B.
Is there a dyscalculia genotype?
British Dyslexia Association: Training for Trainers
Manchester, 20 May 2000.

Butterworth, B.
Deterioro de las funciones de cálculo.
Deterioro de las funciones de cálculo.
Aportaciones de la neuropsicologia al diagnostico
Universidad Complutense de Madrid. June 2000.

Butterworth, B.
Dyslexia and dyscalculia.
The 5th British Dyslexia Association International Conference:
Dyslexia: At the Dawn of the New Century. York, May, 2001.

Butterworth, B.
Number words and other words.
The Science of Aphasia: From theory to therapy.
Euresco Conference. Giens, France. September, 2001.

Butterworth, B.
The architecture of mathematical cognition:
Evidence from neurological patients.
Autumn School of Neuroscience, October, 2001.

Butterworth, B.
Theories of Dyslexia and Dyscalculia:
Tallskek og skrivevegring: Internasjonal konferanse
om lese-skrive-og matemaikkvansker for voksne. (PDF)
VOX Voksenopplæ- ringsinstituttet, Oslo. April, 2002

Butterworth, B.
Mathematics and the Brain:
Opening Address to the Mathematical Association. (PDF)
Reading, April, 2002

Butterworth, B.
Neural representations of cardinality, ordinality and quantity.
The Cognitive foundation of mathematics.
Rome, September 2002.

Butterworth, B.
Screening for dyscalculia: a new approach. (PDF)
Mathematical Difficulties:
Psychology, Neuroscience and Interventions.
Oxford, September 2002.

Butterworth, B.
Dyscalculia - Introduction to specific learning
difficulties with number concepts.
Special Needs London. London, October 2002.

Butterworth, B.
Dyscalculia: diagnosis and intervention.
First International Symposium on Learning Therapy.
Kyoto, December 2002

Bevan, A. & Butterworth, B.
The London Dyscalculia Study.
OECD Brain Research & Learning Sciences Workshop,
Boston, MA, January 2003

Butterworth, B.
Eight arguments for the innateness of a capacity for numerosity.
AHRB Conference Cutlure and the Innate Mind.
Sheffield, July 2003

Butterworth, B.
Dyscalculia: diagnosis and intervention.
OECD Educational Neuroscience Meeting,
Orsay, September 2003

Butterworth, B.
Brain systems of numerosity and the origins of dyscalculia.
Workshop on the Educational Neurosciences.
Utrecht, September 2003

Butterworth, B.
Brain systems of numerosity and the origins of dyscalculia.
RWTH
Aachen, September, 2003

Butterworth, B.
The development of basic numeracy :
Evidence from a very large scale study.
NTT-UCL Joint Workshop.
Kyoto, October, 2003

Butterworth, B.
The development of basic numeracy :
Evidence from a very large scale study.
British Association for the Advancement of Science.
Salford, October 2003

Butterworth, B.
Math in Motion.
TERC Conference: Interdisciplinary Seminar on
Perception, Body Motion, and Mathematics Learning.
Sturbridge, MA. October, 2003

Butterworth, B.
Where do numbers come from?
Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies,
Cambridge. November, 2003

Butterworth, B.
Functional anatomy of mathematical processing.
Anatomy Society Annual Meeting,
Egham, January 2004

Butterworth, B.
Is dyscalculia due to a "defective number module"?
OECD-Ceri Second Literacy and Numeracy Network Meeting.
El Escorial, Spain. March 2004

Butterworth, B.
Architecture of mathematical Cognition.
First Congress of the European Neuropsychological Societies,
Modena (Italy), April 2004

Butterworth, B.
Functional anatomy of numerical processing.
ASIC,
Italy, July 2004

Butterworth, B.
Biological origins of mathematical knowledge.
Mathematical Knowledge Conference,
Cambridge, July 2004

Invited Talks

Butterworth, B.
The developmental dyscalculia.
Associazione Italiana Dislessia.
Convegno: La Discalculia Evolutiva. Milan, October 1999

Butterworth, B.
Numeracy and dyscalculia.
Montessori National Conference. October 1999.

Butterworth, B.
Our mathematical brain.
MRC Cognition and Brain Unit, Cambridge.
November, 1999.

Butterworth, B.
Number and language.
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics.
December,1999.

Butterworth, B.
Our mathematical brains.
Imperial College London, December, 1999.

Butterworth, B.
Brain imaging of basic numerical processes.
University of Melbourne, November 2000.

Butterworth, B.
Mathematics and the brain.
London Guildhall University, November 2000.

Butterworth, B.
Mathematics and the brain.
NTT Communication Science Laboratories,
Atsugi, Japan. April, 2001.

Butterworth, B.
Mathematics and the brain.
LaTrobe University, Victoria, Australia. July, 2001.

Butterworth, B.
Interdisciplinary cognitive neuroscience.
Royal Children's Hospital,
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. July, 2001.

Butterworth, B.
The architecture of numerical cognition:
Evidence from neurological patients.
Santa Lucia Hospital,
Rome, September, 2002.

Butterworth, B.
The man who could read (and write) only numbers
Research Centre for Language Typology,
La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, October, 2002.

Butterworth, B.
Dyscalculia
Blackburn and Darwen Local Education Authority. March 2003

Butterworth, B.
Mathematics and the brain.
University of Manchester. March 2003

Butterworth, B.
Dyscalculia.
Department for Education and Skills. February 2004

Butterworth, B.
Dyscalculia.
Oxfordshire LEA Special Educational Needs. May 2004

Butterworth, B.
Dyscalculia.
University of Maastricht, Netherlands.. June 2004

Butterworth, B.
The development of basic numeracy:
evidence from a very large scale study.
University of Salzburg, Austria. June 2004

Butterworth, B.
Dyscalculia.
All Party Parliamentary Group, House of Commons.
London, November 2004

Butterworth, B.
Fear and loathing in mathematics.
OECD Learning Sciences and Brain Research:
Emotions & Learning and Education Seminar.
Copenhagen, Denmark. November 2004

Butterworth, B.
Dyscalculia Diagnosis and Intervention
Netherlands Dyslexia Institute, Annual Meeting. .
Arnhem, Netherlands, December 2004

Butterworth, B.
Developmental dyscalculia: origins and diagnosis
La Bicocca University,
Milan, Italy. January 2005

Butterworth, B.
Dyscalculia: what it is and what to do about it.
Independent Schools Council. Swindon. May 2005

Edited Works: Chapters

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Butterworth, B. & Beattie, G. (1978)
Gestures and silence as indicators of planning in speech.
In R.Campbell & P. Smith (eds.)
Recent Advances in the Psychology of Language:
Formal and Experimental Approaches.
NATO Conference Series III:4B. New York:Plenum.

Butterworth, B. & Goldman-Eisler, F. (1979)
Recent studies of cognitive rhythm.
In A. W. Siegman & S. Feldstein (eds.)
Of Speech and Time.
Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Butterworth, B. (1979)
Preparing to speak.
In J. Requin (ed.)
Anticipation et Comportement.
Paris: CNRS.

Good, D. & Butterworth, B. (1980)
Hesitation as a conversational resource.
In H. Dechert & M. Raupach (eds.)
Temporal Variables in Speech.
The Hague: Mouton.

Butterworth, B. (1980)
Introduction: The history of production studies.
In B. Butterworth (ed.)
Language Production Volume 1: Speech and Talk.
London: Academic Press.

Butterworth, B. (1980)
Evidence from pauses.
In B. Butterworth (ed.)
Language Production Volume 1: Speech and Talk.
London: Academic Press.

Butterworth, B. (1980)
Some constraints on models of language production.
In B. Butterworth (ed.)
Language Production Volume 1: Speech and Talk.
London: Academic Press.

Butterworth, B. & Whittaker, S. (1980)
Peggy Babcock's Relatives.
In G.Stelmach & J. Requin (eds.)
Tutorials in Motor Behavior.
New York: Plenum Press.

Butterworth, B., Swallow, J. & Grimston, M. (1981)
Silence and gesture as indicators of lexical processes in jargon aphasia.
In J. W. Brown (ed.)
Jargonaphasia.
New York: Academic Press.

Butterworth, B. (1982)
Speech errors: old data in search of new theories.
In A. Cutler (ed.)
Slips of the Tongue and Language Production.
Berlin: Mouton.

Butterworth, B. (1983)
Lexical representation.
In B. Butterworth (ed.)
Language Production Volume 2: Development, Writing
and Other Language Process.
London: Academic Press.

Butterworth, B., Comrie, B. & Dahl, Ö. (1983)
Introduction.
In B. Butterworth, B. Comrie, & Ö. Dahl (eds.)
Explanations for Language Universals.
Berlin: Mouton.

Wingfield, A. & Butterworth, B. (1984)
Running memory for sentences: syntactic parsing as a control function in working memory.
In H. Bouma & D. Bouwhuis (eds.)
Attention and Performance
Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Butterworth, B. (1985)
Jargon aphasia: processes and strategies.
In S. Newman & R.Epstein (eds.)
Current Perspectives in Dysphasia.
Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.

Howard, D. & Butterworth, B. (1987)
Neurolinguistics.
In R. Gregory (ed.)
The Oxford Companion to the Mind.
Oxford University Press.

Butterworth, B. & Howard, D. (1987)
Neuropsychology of Language.
In R. Gregory (ed.)
The Oxford Companion to the Mind.
Oxford University Press.

Butterworth, B. (1987)
Phonetics.
In R. Gregory (ed.)
The Oxford Companion to the Mind.
Oxford University Press.

Semenza, C., Panzeri, M. & Butterworth, B. (1988)
Sull'interpretazione delle conseguenze del danno cerebrale: revizione critica del considdetto "principio di tranparenza".
In V. Majer & R. Maeran (eds)
Il Laboratorio e la Città: Lo Psicologo Professionista.
Società Italiana di Psicologia.

Butterworth, B. (1989)
Lexical access and representation in speech production.
In W. Marslen-Wilson (ed.)
Lexical Representation and Process.
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Butterworth, B., Shallice, T. & Watson, F. (1990)
Short-term retention of sentences without "short-term memory".
In G. Vallar & T. Shallice (eds.)
The Neuropsychological Impairments of Short-Term Memory.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Panzeri, M., Semenza, C., Ferreri, T. & Butterworth, B. (1990)
Free use of derivational morphology in an Italian jargon aphasic.
In J.L. Nespoulous & P. Villiard (eds)
Morphology, Phonology and Aphasia.
New York: Springer Verlag. (pp. 72-94).

Butterworth, B. (1990)
Aportaciones del estudio de las pausas en el habla.
In F. Valle, F. Cuetos, J. M. Igoa & S del Viso (eds.)
Lecturas de Psicolinguistica.
1. Comprension y Produccion del lenguaje.
Madrid: Alianza. (translation).

Yin, W. G. & Butterworth, B. (1992).
Deep and surface dyslexia in Chinese.
In Chen, H-C. & Tzeng, O. J. L. (eds.)
Language Processing in Chinese.
Amsterdam: North Holland / Elsevier.

Semenza, C., Butterworth, B., Panzeri, M. & Hittmair-Delazer, M. (1993)
Derivational rules in aphasia.
Proceedings of the Berkeley Linguistic Society, 18, (435-440).

Butterworth, B. (1993)
Aphasia and models of language production and perception.
In Blanken, G. et al. (eds.)
The Handbook of Linguistic Disorders and Pathologies.
Berlin: De Gruyter. (238-250).

Butterworth, B. (1994)
Freud, Sigmund.
In R. E. Asher (ed)
The Encyclopaedia of Language and Linguistics.
Oxford: Pergamon Press.

Butterworth, B. (1994)
Neural organisation and writing systems.
In L. Verhoeven & A. Teberosky (eds.)
Written Language and Literacy. Vol. II.
Strasbourg: European Science Foundation.

Butterworth, B. (1995)
Domain-specificity and fractionability of neuro-psychological
process in reading acquisition.
In U. Frith, G. Lüdi, M. Egli & C-A. Zuber (eds.)
Written Language and Literacy. Vol. III.
Strasbourg: European Science Foundation.

Butterworth, B. (1997)
Neural organisation and writing systems.
In C. Pontecorvo (ed.)
Writing Development: An Interdisciplinary View.
(Studies in Written Language and Literacy Vol. 6).
Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

Zorzi, M. & Butterworth, B. (1999)
A computational model of number comparison.
In M. Hahn & Scott C. Stoness (eds.)
Proceedings of the Twenty First Annual Meeting
of the Cognitive Science Society.
Mahwah, NJ: LEA (772-777)

Butterworth, B. (2002)
The man who could read only numbers.
In T Radford (ed.)
Frontiers 01: Science & Technology 2001 - 2002.
Atlantic Books / Guardian Books, London. (pp. 117-123).

Butterworth, B., Marchesini, N., & Girelli , L. (2003)
Multiplication facts: Passive storage or dynamic reoganisation. (PDF)
In A. Baroody & A. Dowker (eds)
The Development of Arithmetical Concepts and Skills.
Mahwah, NJ.: LEA (pp. 189-202).

Butterworth, B. (2003)
How the brain handles numbers.
Birds do it, apes do it, even uneducated frogs do it,
but some children just cannot count.
In T Radford (ed.)
Frontiers 03 : New writing on cutting-edge
science by leading scientists
Atlantic Books / Guardian Books, London (pp. 100-107).

Butterworth, B. (2003)
Dyscalculia: Diagnosis and intervention.
In R. Kawashima & H. Koizumi (ed.s)
Learning Therapy.
Sendai, Japan: Tohoku University Press (pp. 24-42).

Butterworth, B. (2003)
Windows on the mind.
In C. Code, C.-W. Wallesch, Y. Joanette, & A. Roch Lecours (ed.s)
Classic Cases in Neuropsychology Volume II.
Hove: Psychology Press (pp. 1-5).

Butterworth, B. (2005)
Developmental dyscalculia. (PDF)
In J. I. D. Campbell (ed.)
Handbook of Mathematical Cognition.
Hove: Psychology Press (pp. 455-467).

Butterworth, B. (in press)
Mathematical expertise.
In A. Ericsson et al. (ed.s)
Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance.
Cambridge: CUP

Editorships

Editor-in-Chief,
Linguistics.
1978 - 1983.

Co-founder and Joint Editor,
Language and Cognitive Processes.
1983 -

Member, Executive Committee,
Working Party on Cognitive Science,
FAST Programme of the Commission of the European Community.
1986.

Founder and Editor,
Mathematical Cognition.
1993 - 2000

Editorial Board member,
Cognition.
1995 - 2000;

Editorial Board member,
Cognitive Neuropsychology.
1997 -

Academic Journals

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Butterworth, B. (1975)
Hesitation and semantic planning in speech.
Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 4, 75-87.

Shallice, T. & Butterworth, B. (1977)
Short-term memory impairment and spontaneous speech.
Neuropsychologia, 15, 729-35.

Butterworth, B., Hine, R. & Brady, K. (1977)
Speech and interaction in sound-only communication channels.
Semiotica, 20, 81-99.

Butterworth, B. (1978)
Maxims for studying conversations.
Semiotica, 24, 217-229.

Butterworth, B. (1979)
Hesitation and the production of verbal paraphasias and neologisms in jargon aphasia.
Brain and Language, 8, 133-161.

Beattie, G. & Butterworth, B. (1979)
Contextual probability and word-frequency as determinants of pauses in spontaneous speech.
Language & Speech, 22, 201-221.

Butterworth, B. (1979)
Editorial.
Linguistics (New Series), 17, 1-5. (Unsigned).

Butterworth, B. (1981)
Speech errors: old data in search of new theories.
Linguistics, 19, 627-662.

Butterworth, B., Howard, D. & McLoughlin, P. (1984)
The semantic deficit in aphasia: the relationship between semantic errors in auditory comprehension and picture naming.
Neuropsychologia, 22, 409-426.

Campbell, R. & Butterworth, B. (1985)
Phonological dyslexia and dysgraphia in a highly literate subject: a developmental case with associated deficits of phonemic processing and awareness.
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 37A, 435-475.

Butterworth, B. (1985)
Editorial.
Language and Cognitive Processes, 1, 1 (Unsigned).

Butterworth, B., Campbell, R. & Howard, D. (1986)
The uses of short-term memory: a case study.
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 38A, 705-737.

Butterworth, B. & Howard, D. (1987)
Paragrammatisms.
Cognition, 26, 1-37.

Panzeri, M., Semenza, C. & Butterworth, B. (1987)
Compensatory strategies in the evolution of severe jargon aphasia.
Neuropsychologia, 25, 919-933.

Butterworth, B. (1988)
Recent cross-language studies of aphasic speech.
M.I.G. Bulletin. No. 2. Australian Association
of Speech and Hearing,
Victoria.

Butterworth, B. & Hadar, U. (1989)
Gestures, speech and computational stages: a reply to McNeill.
Psychological Review, 96, 168-174.

Howard, D. & Butterworth, B. (1989)
Short-term memory and comprehension:
a reply to Vallar and Baddeley (1987).
Cognitive Neuropsychology, 6, 455-463.

Butterworth, B., Panzeri, M., Semenza, C. & Ferreri, T. (1990)
Paragrammatisms: a longitudinal study of an Italian case.
Language and Cognitive Processes, 5, 115-140.

Semenza, C., Butterworth, B., Panzeri, M. & Ferreri, T. (1990)
Word-formation: new evidence from aphasia.
Neuropsychologia, 28, 499-502.

Cipolotti, L., Butterworth, B. & Denes, G. (1991)
A specific deficit for numbers in a case of dense acalculia.
Brain, 114, 2619-2637.

Butterworth, B. & Yin, W. G. (1991)
Universal and language-specific features of reading:
evidence from dyslexia in Chinese readers.
Brain, 114, 2619-2637.

Butterworth, B. & Yin, W. G. (1991)
Universal and language specific features of reading:
evidence from dyslexia in Chinese readers.
Proceedings of the Royal Society - Series B, 245, 91-95.

Butterworth, B. (1991)
Was Turner Dyslexic?
Turner Studies, 11, 3-6.

Butterworth, B. (1992)
Disorders of phonological encoding.
Cognition, 42, 261-286.

Semenza, C., Butterworth, B., Panzeri, M. & Hittmair-Delazer, M. (1993)
Derivational rules in apahasia
Quaderni del Centro di Studio per le Ricerche di Fonetica, XII ,
401-407.

Butterworth, B. (1994)
Regional specialities. (Commentary on M. Farah's target article:
Neuropsychological inference with an interactive brain:
A critique of the "locality assumption".
Behavioral and Brain Science, 17, 63.

Cipolotti, L., Butterworth, B. & Warrington, E.K. (1994)
From "One thousand nine hundred and forty-five" to 1000, 945.
Neuropsychologia, 503-509.

Vigliocco, G., Butterworth, B., Semenza, C. & Fossella, S. (1994)
How two aphasic speakers construct subject-verb agreement.
Journal of Neurolinguistics, 8, 19-25.

Butterworth, B. (1994)
Disorders of sentence production.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
Series B, 346, 55-61.

Vigliocco, G., Butterworth, B. & Semenza, C. (1995)
Constructing subject-verb agreement in speech:
The role of semantic and morphological factors.
Journal of Memory & Language, 34, 186-215.

Cipolotti, L., Butterworth, B. & Warrington, E. (1995)
Selective impairment of the manipulation of arabic numerals.
Cortex, 31, 73-86.

Butterworth, B. & Warrington, E. K. (1995)
"Deep dysphasia" in a case of jargon aphasia.
Neurocase. 1, 55-66.

Butterworth, B. (1995)
Editorial.
Mathematical Cognition, 1, 1-2

Wydell, T., Butterworth, B. & Patterson, K. (1995)
The inconsistency of consistency effects in reading:
The case of Japanese Kanji.
Journal of Experimental Psychology:
Language, Memory and Cognition, 21, 1155-1168.

Cipolotti, L. & Butterworth, B. (1995)
Towards a multiroute model of number processing:
impaired number transcoding with
the preservation of calculation skills.
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 124, 375-390.

Butterworth, B., Cipolotti, L. & Warrington, E.K. (1996)
Short-term memory impairments and arithmetical ability.
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 49A, 251-262.

Vigliocco, G., Butterworth, B. & Garrett, M. F. (1996)
Subject-verb agreement in Spanish and English:
Differences in the role of conceptual constraints.
Cognition, 61(3), 261-298.

Delazer, M. & Butterworth, B. (1997)
A dissociation of number meanings.
Cognitive Neuropsychology., 14, 613-636.

Hadar, U. & Butterworth, B. (1997)
Iconic gestures, imagery and word retrieval in speech.
Semiotica. 115, 147-172.

Yin, W. G. & Butterworth, B. (1998)
Chinese pure alexia.
Aphasiology, 12, 65-76.

Zorzi, M., Houghton, G., & Butterworth, B. (1998)
Two routes or one in reading aloud?
A connectionist "dual-process" model.
Journal of Experimental Psychology:
Human Perception and Performance, 24, 1-31.

Zorzi, M., Houghton, G., & Butterworth, B. (1998)
The development of spelling-sound relationships
in a model of phonological reading.
Language and Cognitive Processes.

Sciama, S., Semenza, C., & Butterworth, B. (1999)
Repetition priming in simple addition depends
on surface form and typicality.
Memory & Cognition. 27, 116-127.

Wydell, T. N. & Butterworth, B. (1999)
An English-Japanese bilingual with monolingual dyslexia.
Cognition, 70, 273-305.

Butterworth, B. (1999)
Perspectives : Neuroscience - A head for figures.
Science 284: (5416) 928-929.

Benke T, Hohenstein C, & Butterworth B (1999)
An analysis of repetitive speech.
Brain & Cognition, 40: (1) 14.

Butterworth B, Grana A, Piazza M, Girelli, L, Price, C, & Skuse, D. (1999)
Language and the origins of number skills :
Karyotypic differences in Turner's syndrome.
Brain & Language, 69: (3) 486-488.

Cappelletti, M, Waley-Cohen, H, Butterworth, B, & Kopelman, M (2000)
A selective loss of the ability to read and write music.
Neurocase, 6, 321-332.

Benke, T, Hohenstein C, Poewe W, & Butterworth, B (2000)
Repetitive speech phenomena in Parkinson's disease.
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 69: (3) 319-325.

Lochy A, Seron X, Delazer M, & Butterworth, B. (2000)
The odd-even effect in multiplication :
Parity rule or familiarity with even numbers?
Memory & Cognition, 28: (3) 358-365.

Girelli L, Lucangeli D, & Butterworth, B. (2000)
The development of automaticity in accessing number magnitude,
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, June: 76: (2) 104-122.

Butterworth, B. (2001)
What makes a prodigy? (PDF)
Nature Neuroscience, 4 (1), 11-12

Butterworth, B. (2001)
Compass: Statistics : What seems natural?
Science, 292, 853-854.

Butterworth, B., Cappelletti, M., & Kopelman, M. (2001)
Category specificity of reading and writing:
the case of number words. (PDF)
Nature Neuroscience, 4, 784-786.

Benke, T. & Butterworth, B. (2001)
Pallilalia and repetitive speech :
two case studies.
Brain & Language, 78, 62-81.

Cappelletti, M., Butterworth, B., & Kopelman, M. (2001)
Spared numerical abilities in a case of semantic dementia.
Neuropsychologia, 39, 1224-1239.

Butterworth, B., Zorzi, M., Girelli, L., & Jonckheere, A.R. (2001)
Storage and retrieval of addition facts:
The role of number comparison. (PDF)
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 54A (4) 1005 - 1029.

Piazza, M., Mechelli, A., Butterworth, B., & Price, C. J. (2002)
Are subitizing and counting implemented as separate
or functionally overlapping processes? (PDF)
NeuroImage, 15:(2), 435-446.

Cappelletti, M., Kopelman, M., & Butterworth, B. (2002)
Why semantic dementia drives you the dogs
(but not to the horses): A theoretical account. (PDF)
Cognitive Neuropsychology: 19: 483-503.

Butterworth, B. (2002)
Dyscalculia.
Interplay: Summer: 44-47.

Shibahara, N, Zorzi, M., Hill, M. P., Wydell, T. & Butterworth, B. (2003)
Semantic Effects in Word Naming:
Evidence from English and Japanese Kanji. (PDF)
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology: 56A (2): 263 - 286.

Bevan, A., Robinson, G., Butterworth, B., & Cipolotti, L. (2003)
To play 'B' but not to say 'B' :
Selective loss of letter names.
Neurocase: 9: 118-128.

Landerl, K., Bevan, A., & Butterworth, B. (2004)
Developmental Dyscalculia and Basic Numerical Capacities :
A Study of 8-9 Year Old Students. (PDF)
Cognition: 93: 99-12.

Butterworth, B. (2005)
The development of arithmetical abilities (PDF)
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry: 46 (1): 3-18.

Gelman, R. & Butterworth, B. (2005)
Number and language : how are they related? (PDF)
Trends in Cognitive Science: 9 (1): 6-10.

Rusconi, E., Walsh, V. & Butterworth, B. (2005)
Dexterity with Numbers:
rTMS Over Left Angular Gyrus Disrupts Finder Gnosis
and Number Processing.
Neuropsychologia (Online 31st March)

Paterson, S.J., Girelli, L., Butterworth, B., & Karmiloff-Smith, A. (in press)
Are numerical impairments syndrome specific?
Evidence from Williams Syndrome and Down's Syndrome.
Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry.

Rusconi, E., Kwan, B., Giodano, B., Umiltà, C., & Butterworth, B. (in press)
Spatial presentation of pitch height: the SMARC effect.
Cognition.

Cappelletti, M., Kopelman, M.D., Morton, J., & Butterworth, B. (in press)
Disassociations in numerical abilities revealed by
progressive cognitive decline in a patient with semantic dementia.
Cognitive Neuropsychology.

Critchley, H.D., Tang, J., Glaser, D.E., Butterworth, B, & Dolan, R.J. (in press)
Anterior cingulate activity during error and autonomic response.
Neuroimage.

Popular Journals

Butterworth, B. (1973)
The science of silence.
New Society, 26, 771-3.

Butterworth, B.
Dyslexia: Test yourself.
Upbeat. Redwood Publishing for BUPA. Spring 1991.

Official Reports

Butterworth, B. (1986)
Neuroscience perspective on brain pathology. (Section 3.2)
In M. Imbert et al. (eds.) Cognitive Science in Europe.
Report to the Commission of the European Community.

Butterworth, B. (1991)
Report on the statement and interview attributed to Patrick Molloy
in the case of the murder of Carl Bridgewater.
Prepared for Taylor Nichol, Solicitors.
Submitted to the Home Secretary.

Recent Book Reviews

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Butterworth, B.
Talking off the top of one's head?
Times Higher Education Supplement:
22nd February 1991.

Butterworth, B.
Vocabulary duties:
Times Higher Education Supplement: 10th May 1991.
(G. Miller, The Science of Words, WH Freeman).

Butterworth, B.
Helping hands:
Times Higher Education Supplement: 2nd April 1993.
(D. McNeill, Hand and Mind: What Gestures reveal about Thought,
University of Chicago Press).

Butterworth, B.
Experiments with words:
Times Higher Education Supplement: 25th June 1993.
(P. Quinlan, The Oxford Psycholinguistic Database, OUP).

Butterworth, B.
Mathematics on the streets:
The Psychologist: 7th December 1994: 556.
(T, Nunes, A. D. Schliemann & D. Carraher,
Street Mathematics and School Mathematics, CUP).

Butterworth, B.
Figure heads:
Nature, 391: Page 856: 26th February 1998.

(S. Dehaene, The Number Sense:
How the Mind makes Mathematics.
New York: Oxford University Press).

Recent Newspaper Articles

Butterworth, B.
Minister with a blind spot.
The Guardian: 30th November 1990: Page 31.

Butterworth, B.
Teaching excellence or learning effectiveness?
UCL News, 3 No.3: 14 - 15, 1992.

Butterworth, B.
Fighting the enemy within.
A theatrical masterpiece is highlighting turmoil
that can torment stroke victims.
The Guardian: 10th May 1994: II.5.

Butterworth, B.
Mathematical Notes:
The secret of genius is very hard work.
The Independent: 20th April 1999: Page 7.

Butterworth, B.
Lion's pride in arithmetic.
The Guardian: 5th May 1999.

Butterworth, B.
When brains don't count
The Independent, Friday Review: 7th May 1999: Page 9.

Butterworth, B.
It's not as easy as one, two, three.
The Independent: 14th April 2000: Page 8.

Butterworth, B.
Lost for words.
The Guardian Saturday Review: 9th February 2002: Page 3.

Butterworth, B. & Tang, J.
Dyslexia has a language barrier.
The Guardian: 23rd September 2004.

Butterworth, B.
What happens when you can't count past four?
The Guardian: 21st October 2004

Recent Press Interviews

Interview by Alison Motluk
New Scientist: 163: Pages 46-48. 3rd July 1999.

Interview by Stephen Luntz
(Britannica) Australasian Scientist: October 1999.

Interview by Riccardo Chiaberge
Corriere della Sera: 25th October 1999.

Interview by Gianpero Borella
Panorama: 10th December 1999.

Interview by Asish Ranpura
Brain Connection: March 2000.

Interview by Marcia D'Arcangelo
Educational Leadership: November 2001.

Interview by Helen Joyce
Plus Magazine: April 2002.

Interview by Macer Hall
Sunday Telegraph: 14th April 2002

Il gene della matematica:
Giornale di Brescia: 10th September 2002

Ho un calcolo nel cervello
Gazzetta di Parma: 14th September 2002

Interview by Fred Redwood
Daily Mail: February 2003

Recent Broadcasts

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Equinox:
What's in a Number?
Channel 4: 10th November 1996.

Science Now:
The Bilingual Brain.
BBC Radio 4: 1997.

Outlook:
The Mathematical Brain.
BBC World Service: 26th April 1999.

Tomorrow's World Plus:
The Mathematical Brain.
BBC 1 TV: May 1999.

In Our Time:
The Mathematical Brain
BBC Radio 4: 6th May 1999.

You and Yours:
The Mathematical Brain
BBC Radio 4: 31st May 1999.

Five Live:
The Mathematical Brain
BBC Radio 1: June 1999.

The Mathematical Brain
BBC Radio West Midlands: 1st June 1999.

Andrew Neill Show:
The Mathematical Brain
BBC Radio 5: 11th July 1999.

Life Matters:
The Mathematical Brain.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: 24th August 1999.

The Learning Curve:
The Mathematical Brain.
BBC Radio 4: 21st September 1999.

The Science Show with Robyn Williams:
Maths in the Brain
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: 23rd October 1999.

The Science Show with Robyn Williams:
Dyslexia
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: 6th November 1999.

The Science Show with Robyn Williams:
Mathematics Gene (mp3)
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: 18th November 2000.

Life as an Infant.
BBC Radio 4. (& BBC World Service). 3rd July 2001.

Everywoman.

BBC World Service. 9th July 2001.

To the Best of Our Knowledge.

Wisconsin Public Radio. 10th July 2001.

The Science Show with Robyn Williams:
Reading in the brain.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 18th August 2001.

The Brains Trust.

BBC Radio 3. 27th November 2001.

More or Less.

BBC Radio 4. 4th December 2001.

Woman's Hour.
BBC Radio 4. 18th April 2002

Tomorrow's World.
Number Blindness:
BBC 1 TV 24th April 2002

The Infinite Mind.
One Potato, Two Potato: Numbers and the Mind.
PBS USA. 15th November 2002.

More or Less
BBC Radio 4. 3rd December 2002.

More or Less
BBC Radio 4. 25th February 2003. (mp3)
(RealAudio after 18.28 minutes)

Altered Statesmen: Ronald Reagan:
Discovery Channel. May 2003

The Science Show with Robyn Williams
Maths @ Bristol (mp3)
Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 27th September 2003

Newsround
BBC 1 TV. 3rd December 2003

Inside Out
Dyscalculia
BBC1 TV. 2nd February 2004

Mind reading
BBC Radio 4. December, 2004.

Installations

From Babble to Babel
Mind Zone: Millennium Dome
(with Storm Thorgerson): 2000.

Three Number Experiments
Explore@Bristol.
Press Coverage of BAAS 2003 Report
  
 

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