One in 20 may suffer effects of 'number blindness' by Fiona MacCleod in The Scotsman. (15th April 2008).
Vivienne Parry interviews Brian Butterworth on BBC Radio 4 "Am I Normal?" Programme 3: Maths. (30 minutes) [mp3] (14 MB) (18th March 2008).
Number forms in the brain by Joey Tang, Jamie Ward & Brian Butterworth in Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 20:9, pp. 1 - 10. (250 k) (in press).
Brian Butterworth: Selected Works: UK & US Version (700k) (May, 2008).
Why frequencies are natural by Brian Butterworth in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (2007) 303: 259. (30 k).
A case of selective impairment of encyclopaedic numerical knowledge or 'when December 25th is no longer Christmas day, but '20 + 5' is still 25' by Marinella Cappelletti, Ashok Jansari, Michael Kopelman & Brian Butterworth in Cortex 44 : 325 - 336 (400 k) (23rd December, 2007).
2007Functional optical signal analysis: a software tool for near-infrared spectroscopy data processing incorporating statistical parametric mapping by Peck H. Koh, Daniel E. Glaser, Guillaume Flandin, Stefan Kiebel, Brian Butterworth, Atsushi Maki, David T. Delpy & Clare E. Elwell in Journal of Biomedical Optics 12 (6) 064010 - 064011 - 064010 - 064013 (1 MB) (November to December, 2007).
Radio 4's More or Less on comparison between human and chimpanzee skills with numbers, featuring Brian Butterworth and Test. [chimpanzee sections in mp3] (6.5 MB) [entire programme in realaudio] (23rd April 2007).
Dissociations in numerical abilities revealed by progressive cognitive decline in a patient with semantic dementia by Marinella Cappelletti, Michael D.Kopelman, John Morton & Brian Butterworth in Cognitive Neuropsychology 22 (7): 771 - 793 (650k) (2005).
"A lesson in maths" by "Sybil" on brain and maths ability according to Brian Butterworth in news@nature.com (13th March 2007).
The responses of students and teachers to maths disabilities in the classroom by Anna Bevan & Brian Butterworth: Draft of 7th December 2002 (600k) (February, 2007).
Brian Butterworth: Selected Works: UK & US Version (700k) (February, 2007).
2006Interview with Brian Butterworth in Understanding the Teenage Brain [mp3] BBC World Service: Discovery (3rd December 2006.)
Bodil Andersson's English Language Interview with Brian Butterworth in Dislexi Aktuellt on läs-och skrivsvårigheter: Årgång 11: Nr. 2: 4 - 6 (2.5 MB) (2006.)
Brian Butterworth Chapter on Mathematical expertise. In K. A. Ericsson's (Ed.), Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance. (pp. 553-568) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (150k) (2006).
Exact and approximate judgements of visual and auditory numerosity: an fMRI study by Manuela Piazza, Andrea Mechelli, Cathy J. Price & Brian Butterworth in Brain Research 1106: 177 - 188 (200k) (in press).
The Understanding of Quantifiers in Semantic Dementia: A Single-Case Study by Marinella Cappelletti, Brian Butterworth & Michael Kopelman in Neurocase 12: 136 - 145 (150k) (2006).
Are numerical impairments syndrome specific? Evidence from Williams syndrome and Down's syndrome by Sarah J. Paterson, Luisa Girelli, Brian Butterworth & Annette Karmiloff-Smith in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 47: 2: 190 - 204 (400k) (2006).
Imaging Informational Conflict: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Numerical Stroop by J. Tang, H. D. Critchley, D. E. Glaser, R. J. Dolan, and B. Butterworth in Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 18: 12: 2049 - 2062 (400k) (2006).
What is the relationship between synaesthesia and visuo-spatial number forms? by Noam Sagiv, Julia Simner James Collins, Brian Butterworth & Jamie Ward in Cognition 101: 114 - 128 (200k) (2006).
Google Custom Search Facility installed (25th October 2006).
Robyn Willams interview about "How brains process sounds and do maths" on "The Science Show" (August, 2006) [mp3].
"Inside story: dyscalculia" by Hilary Freeman: on dyscalculia test under Brian Butterworth in The Times (10th June 2006).
"Fear of Math: New Insight into How We Count" by Ker Than: Interview with Fulvia Castelli and Brian Butterworth on LiveScience.com (22nd March 2006).
Discrete and analogue quantity processing in the parietal lobe: A functional MRI study by Fulvia Castelli, Daniel E. Glaser & Brian Butterworth in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA: Vol. 103 Number 12: 4693 - 4698. (400k) (21st March).
Sue Broom of BBC World Service Science in Action interviews Brian Butterworth on breakthrough in understanding of how the brain deals with numbers. (3.5 minutes) (10th March).
Seed Magazine "A Head for Numbers" by Kevin Friedl about forthcoming article by Brian Butterworth and others in "Proceedings of the National Academy of Science" on discovery of a network in brain specialising in dealing with particular numbers . (10th March).
Archive of Selected Publications 1975 - 2005 available. (19th February).
"Your Recipe for Success", Episode 4 of BBC 1 Sixth Series on Parenting, features Dyscalculia Screener developed by Brian Butterworth. Website links to "Do You Have a Mathematical Brain Test (5th February).
Spatial representation of pitch height: the SMARC effect by Elena Rusconi, Bonnie Kwana, Bruno L. Giordano, Carlo Umilta &, Brian Butterworth in Cognition 99: 113 - 129. (300k) (2006).
2005Developmental Dyscalculia by Brian Butterworth. Chapter 26 of The Handbook of Mathematical Cognition, edited by Jamie ID Campbell, Psychology Press: Pages 455 -467: (500k) (2005).
The development of arithmetical abilities by Brian Butterworth. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 46: 1 (2005), pp 3 - 18: (200k) (2005).
Number and language: how are they related? Rochel Gelman & Brian Butterworth. Trends in Cognitive Sciences Vol.9 No.1 January 2005: Page 6 - 10: (150k) (2005).
2004The Guardian: What happens when you can't count past four? by Brian Butterworth asking whether one can do maths without words for big numbers. (21st October 2004).
The Guardian: Dyslexia Has a Language Barrier by Brian Butterworth and Joey Tang, arguing that readers of Chinese use different parts of the brain from readers of English. (23rd September 2004).
Cognition 93: (2004) 99 - 125: Developmental dyscalculia and basic numerical capacities: a study of 8 - 9-year-old students by Karin Landerl, Anna Bevan & Brian Butterworth (2004).
Sunday Telegraph queries whether girls are worse at maths. (18th April 2004).
2003The Guardian, Reuters, The Times et al on estimate, at British Assocation for the Advancement of Science Festival, of 5 per cent dyscalculia rate and BBC, Daily Telegraph, Nature, and New Scientist on test, involving 18,000 people, that suggests an apparent female advantage in counting up to 3. (10th to 11th September, 2003). Also Science Show, Australia: mp3 (27th September, 2003).
Daily Telegraph Connected Series: a." Back to square roots... add a good teacher and practice", b."Why we use our fingers and toes to count" and c."Inside Carol Vorderman's head". (3rd September, 2003).
BBC Radio 4 dyscalculia screener interview (following feature on risk) : RealAudio after 18.28 minutes or mp3 (25th February 2003).
Daily Mail: "When Sums Don't Add Up": article on Dyscalculia. (4th February 2003).
2002Brian Butterworth: Selected Works: (December, 2002).
Cognitive Neuropsychology, 2002, 19 (6), 483 - 503: Why Semantic Dementia Drives You to the Dogs (but Not to the Horses): a Theoretical Account by Marinella Cappelletti, Michael Kopelman & Brian Butterworth (2002).
Screening for dyscalculia: a new approach. Mathematical Difficulties: Psychology, Neuroscience and Interventions. Oxford: PDF Version with Summary (September, 2002)
Multiplication Facts: Passive Storage Or Dynamic Reorganization? by Brian Butterworth, Noemi Marchesini and Luisa Girelli. (To appear presently in "The development of arithmetical concepts and skills", edited by Arthur J. Baroody and Ann Dowker. LEA): PDF Version (19th June, 2002)
Theories of Dyslexia and Dyscalculia: Tallskek og skrivevegring: Internasjonal konferanse om lese-skrive-og matemaikkvansker for voksne. VOX Voksenopplæ- ringsinstituttet, Oslo. PDF Version (26th April, 2002)
About Dyscalculia: PDF Version (25th April, 2002)
Dyscalculia Fact Sheet and Screener Page from NFER.
Articles on proposed UK school tests for dyscalculia in "Sunday Telegraph". (14th April 2002).
"Mathematics and the Brain": Opening Address to the Mathematical Association (2MB PDF). (3rd April, 2002).
Helen Joyce interview in "Plus Magazine" (April, 2002).
Additional Chapter to "The Mathematical Brain": "From fear of fractions to the joy of maths" with Mathematical Brain Test. (April 2002).
BBC One London on "Number Blindness" affecting 400,000 or 5-6 per cent of London population. (2nd February 2002).
Publication of Japanese version of "The Mathematical Brain", "Naze sugaku ga tokui na hito to nigate na hito ga irunoka?": Translator: Rumi Fujii ("Why are some people good, but others bad at maths?") published by Shufunotomosha Press of Tokyo . (February, 2002)
Chapter by Brian Butterworth, "The Man Who Could Read Only Numbers" from "Frontiers 01" (Edited by Tim Radford), featured in "The Guardian". (February, 2002)
