Scientific interests : Representation of quantitative dimensions and use of space to represent non-spatial concepts; infants and newborns

Articles

• Nava E, de Hevia MD, Bulf H, Macchi Cassia VM. (in press). Signatures of functional visuospatial asymmetries in early infancy. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology.
• Bulf H, Capparini C, Nava E, de Hevia MD, Macchi Cassia VM. (2022). Space modulates cross-domain transfer of abstract rules in infants. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 213, 105270.
• Viarouge A, de Hevia MD. (2021). Can a single representational object account for different number-space mappings?. Front Hum Neurosci.
• de Hevia MD. (2021). How the human mind grounds numerical quantities on space. Child Development Perspectives, 15, 44-50.
• McCrink K, Veggiotti L, de Hevia MD. (2020). A left visual advantage for quantity processing in neonates. Ann N Y Acad Sci.
• de Hevia MD, Macchi Cassia V, Veggiotti L, Netskou ME. (2020). Discrimination of ordinal relationships in temporal sequences by 4-month-old infants. Cognition, 195, 104091.
• Bonn CD, Netskou ME, Streri A, de Hevia MD. (2019). The association of brightness with number/duration in human newborns. PLoS One, 14(10), e0223192.
• Borghesani V, de Hevia MD, Viarouge A, Pinheiro-Chagas P, Eger E, Piazza M. (2019). Processing number and length in the parietal cortex: Sharing resources, not a common code. Cortex, 114, 17-27.
• Dunn H, Bernstein N, de Hevia MD, Macchi Cassia V, Bulf, H, McCrink K. (2019). Operational Momentum for Magnitude Ordering in Preschool Children and Adults. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 179, 260-275. (PDF)
• de Hevia MD. (2019). La notion de magnitude à la naissance. Representing magnitudes at birth. Annales de la Fondation Fyssen, 32, 54-63.
• McCrink K, de Hevia MD. (2018). From Innate Spatial Biases to Enculturated Spatial Cognition: The Case of Spatial Associations in Number and Other Sequences. Frontiers in Psychology(9), 415. (PDF)
• Bulf H, de Hevia MD, Gariboldi V, Macchi Cassia VM. (2017). Infants learn better from left to right: a directional bias in infants’ sequence learning. Scientific Reports, 7, 2437. (PDF)
• Macchi Cassia VM, Bulf H, McCrink K, de Hevia MD. (2017). Operational Momentum during ordering operations for Size and Number in 4-month-old Infants. Journal of Numerical Cognition, 3, 270-287. (PDF)
• de Hevia MD, Addabbo M, Nava E, Croci E, Girelli L, Macchi Cassia V. (2017). Infants’ detection of increasing numerical order comes before detection of decreasing number. Cognition, 158, 177-188. (PDF)
• de Hevia MD, Castaldi E, Streri A, Eger E, Izard V. (2017). Perceiving numerosity from birth. Behaviour Brain Sciences. (PDF)
• de Hevia MD, Lee Y, Streri A. (2017). The temporal dimensions in the first year of life. Timing & Time Perception Reviews, 5, 280-296. (PDF)
• de Hevia MD, Veggiotti L, Streri A, Bonn C. (2017). At birth humans associate “few” with left and “many” with right. Current Biology, 27, 3879–3884.e2. (PDF)
• Borghesani V, de Hevia MD, Viarouge A, Pinheiro-Chagas P, Eger E, Piazza M. (2016). Comparing magnitudes across dimensions: a univariate and multivariate approach. Pattern Recognition in Neuroimaging, IEEE, 1-4. (PDF)
• Bulf H, de Hevia MD, Macchi-Cassia V. (2016). Small on the left, large on the right: Numbers orient preverbal infants’ visual attention onto space. Developmental Science, 19, 394-401. (PDF)
• Macchi Cassia V, McCrink K, de Hevia MD, Gariboldi V, Bulf H. (2016). Operational momentum and size ordering in preverbal infants. Psychol Res. (PDF)
• Rugani R, McCrink K, de Hevia MD, Vallortigara G, Regolin L. (2016). Ratio abstraction over discrete magnitudes by newly hatched domestic chicks (Gallus gallus). Sci Rep. (PDF)
• Rugani R, de Hevia MD. (2016). Number-space associations without language: Evidence from preverbal human infants and non-human animal species. Psychon Bull Rev. (PDF)
• de Hevia MD. (2016). Core mathematical abilities in infants: Number and much more. Progress in Brain Research. (PDF)
• Coubart A, Streri A, de Hevia MD, Izard V. (2015). Crossmodal discrimination of 2 vs. 4 objects across touch and vision in 5-month-old infants. PLoS One.
• Streri A, de Hevia MD. (2015). Manual lateralization in infancy. Front Psychol. (PDF)
• Bulf H, Macchi Cassia V, de Hevia MD. (2014). Are numbers, size and brightness equally efficient in orienting visual attention? Evidence from an eye-tracking study. PLoS One. (PDF)
• Gariboldi V, Bulf H, de Hevia MD, Macchi-Cassia VM. (2014). Ordinal judgments move attention along representational space in infancy: Evidence from the Operational Momentum. Giornale Italiano di Psicologia, 6, 611-622.
• de Hevia MD, Girelli L, Addabbo M, Macchi Cassia V. (2014). Human infants’ preference for left-to-right oriented increasing numerical sequences. PLoS One. (PDF)
• de Hevia MD, Izard V, Coubart A, Spelke ES, Streri A. (2014). Representations of space, time, and number in neonates. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. (PDF)
• Streri A, de Hevia MD, Izard V, Coubart A. (2013). What do We Know about Neonatal Cognition?. Behav Sci (Basel). (PDF)
• Viarouge A, de Hevia MD. (2013). The role of numerical magnitude and order in the illusory perception of size and brightness. Front Psychol. (PDF)
• de Hevia MD, Spelke ES. (2013). Not all continuous dimensions map equally: number-brightness mapping in human infants. PLoS One. (PDF)
• Chinello A, de Hevia MD, Geraci C, Girelli L. (2012). Finding the spatial-numerical association of response codes (SNARC) in signed numbers: notational effects in accessing number representation. Funct Neurol. (PDF)
• Macchi Cassia V, Picozzi M, Girelli L, de Hevia MD. (2012). Increasing magnitude counts more: asymmetrical processing of ordinality in 4-month-old infants. Cognition. (PDF)
• de Hevia MD, Girelli L, Macchi Cassia V. (2012). Minds without language represent number through space: origins of the mental number line. Front Psychol. (PDF)
• de Hevia MD, Vanderslice M, Spelke ES. (2012). Cross-dimensional mapping of number, length and brightness by preschool children. PLoS One. (PDF)
• de Hevia MD. (2011). Sensitivity to number: Reply to Gebuis and Gevers. Cognition. (PDF)
• Perrone G, de Hevia MD, Bricolo E, Girelli L. (2010). Numbers can move our hands: a spatial representation effect in digits handwriting. Exp Brain Res. (PDF)
• Picozzi M, de Hevia MD, Girelli L, Macchi Cassia V. (2010). Seven-month-olds detect ordinal numerical relationships within temporal sequences. J Exp Child Psychol. (PDF)
• de Hevia MD, Spelke ES. (2010). Number-space mapping in human infants. Psychol Sci. (PDF)
• Previtali P, de Hevia MD, Girelli L. (2009). Placing order in space: the SNARC effect in serial learning. Exp Brain Res. (PDF)
• de Hevia MD, Spelke ES. (2009). Spontaneous mapping of number and space in adults and young children. Cognition. (PDF)
• de Hevia MD, Girelli L, Bricolo E, Vallar G. (2008). The representational space of numerical magnitude: illusions of length. Q J Exp Psychol (Hove). (PDF)
• de Hevia MD, Vallar G, Girelli L. (2008). Visualizing numbers in the mind’s eye: the role of visuo-spatial processes in numerical abilities. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. (PDF)
• de Hevia MD, Girelli L, Vallar G. (2006). Numbers and space: a cognitive illusion?. Exp Brain Res. (PDF)

Chapitres

• de Hevia MD. (2015). Link between numbers and spatial extent from birth to adulthood. In Avishai Henik (Ed) Continuous issues in numerical cognition: How many or how much., Elsevier ed..
• de Hevia MD, Vallar G, , Girelli L. (2006). Visuo-spatial components of numerical representation. In T. Vecchi and G. Bottini (Ed) Imagery and Spatial Cognition: Methods, Models and Cognitive Assessment, John Benjamins ed. 155-171.

Communications orales

• Bulf H, Gariboldi V, de Hevia MD, Macchi-Cassia V. (2015). Left-to-right orientation facilitates learning of abstract rules in 7-month-old infants. Paper presented at the Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development, Hungary.
• Bulf H, de Hevia MD, Macchi-Cassia V. (2015). Small on the left, large on the right: Evidence for a Posner-SNARC effect in preverbal infants. Paper presented at the Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development, Hungary.
• Macchi-Cassia V, Gariboldi V, Bulf H, de Hevia MD, McCrink K. (2015). Operational momentum during the representation of ordinal relations in 4- and 12-month-old infants. Paper presented at the Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development, Hungary.
• Marie J, Martin L, Coubart A, de Hevia MD, Streri A, Izard V. (2015). Newborn infants detect correspondences in the numerical structure of visual vs. auditory sets. Paper presented at the SRCD, Philadelphia, PA, USA. (PDF)
• Bulf H, Macchi-Cassia V, de Hevia MD. (2014). Do numbers orient visual attention in infants? Evidence from an eye-tracking study. Paper presented at the International Society for Infant Studies, Berlin, Germany.
• Bulf H, de Hevia MD, Macchi-Cassia V. (2014). Magnitude information and oriented spatial codes in human infants. Paper presented at the Sympoisum on the Embodiment of abstract concepts: what’s special about space?, University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy.
• Gariboldi V, Bulf H, de Hevia MD, McCrink K, Macchi-Cassia V. (2014). Operational momentum during the representation of ordinal relations in 4- and 12-month-old infants. Paper presented at the Workshop on Cognition and Evolution CogEVO, Center for Mind/Brain Sciences, University of Trento, Italy..
• Macchi-Cassia V, Gariboldi V, Bulf H, McCrink K, de Hevia MD. (2014). Operational momentum during magnitude ordering in 12-month-old infants. Paper presented at the International Society for Infant Studies, Berlin, Germany.
• Marie J, Coubart A, de Hevia MD, Streri A, Izard V. (2014). Newborn infants detect correspondences in the numerical structure of visual vs. auditory sets. Paper presented at the Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development, Hongrie.
• Addabbo M, Quirito, S, Gariboldi V, de Hevia MD, Girelli L. (2013). La discriminazione delle relazioni numeriche ordinali a 4 mesi di vita: nuove evidenze di un vantaggio per l’ordine crescente. Paper presented at the XXVI Congresso nazionale della sezione di psicologia dello sviluppo e dell’educazione, Milan, Italy.
• de Hevia MD. (2013). What babies know about Space, Time, and Number. Paper presented at the College de France, Paris, France.
• de Hevia MD, Marie, J, Coubart A, Streri A, Izard V. (2013). One-to-one correspondence cues for small sets enhance infants’ arithmetic abilities. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, USA.
• de Hevia MD, Spelke ES. (2012). Not all continuous dimensions map equally: Number-Brightness mapping in infants. Paper presented at the International Society for Infant Studies, Minneapolis, USA.
• Macchi-Cassia V, Girelli L, de Hevia MD, Picozzi M. (2011). Four-Month-Old Infants' Detection of Order: An Advantage for Increasing Non-Numerical Sequences. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Canada.
• de Hevia MD. (2011). Constructing a Mental Number Line. Paper presented at the Journée scientifique annuelle du GDR Neurosciences Cognitives du Développement, Paris.
• de Hevia MD, Macchi-Cassia V. (2011). Early precursors of a number line. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Canada.
• de Hevia MD, Vanderslice M, Spelke ES. (2011). Cross-dimensional Mapping of Number, Length and Brightness by Preschool Children. Paper presented at the Cognitive Development Society, Philadelphia, USA.
• Katz R, de Hevia MD, Izard V, Spelke ES. (2010). High Tones and High Places: Infants' mapping across tonal and spatial dimensions. Paper presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Baltimore, Maryland.
• Macchi-Cassia V, de Hevia MD, Picozzi M, Rumi G, Perego V, Girelli L. (2010). Increasing magnitude counts more: evidence from 4-month-old infants’ detection of non-numerical ordinal sequences. Paper presented at the British Psychological Association, Developmental Section Conference, London, UK.
• de Hevia MD, Picozzi M, Girelli L, Macchi-Cassia V. (2010). Left-to-right oriented number line: Infants’ use of space to represent number magnitude. Paper presented at the International Society for Infant Studies, Baltimore, USA.
• Picozzi M, de Hevia MD, Girelli L, Macchi-Cassia V. (2009). Are 4-Month-Olds Able to Discriminate Ordinal Sequences of Non-Numerical Quantities?. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, USA.
• Picozzi M, de Hevia MD, Girelli L, Macchi-Cassia V. (2009). Are 4-month-olds able to discriminate non-numerical ordinal sequences?. Paper presented at the Workshop on Cognition and Evolution CogEVO, Trento, Italy.
• Picozzi M, de Hevia MD, Girelli L, Macchi-Cassia V. (2009). Seven-month-old infants’ ability to detect ordinal numerical relationships within temporal and spatiotemporal sequences. Paper presented at the Workshop on Cognition and Evolution CogEVO, Trento, Italy.
• de Hevia MD, Spelke ES. (2009). The Spatial-Numerical Link in Adults, Children, and Infants. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, USA.
• de Hevia MD. (2008). Links between representations of number and space in early childhood and infancy. Paper presented at the Jacobs Foundation Conference, Marbach Castle, Germany.
• de Hevia MD, Spelke ES. (2008). Connections between number and space in infancy. Paper presented at the International Society for Infant Studies, Vancouver, Canada.
• Girelli L, Previtali P, de Hevia MD. (2007). Serial learning induces spatially-organized mental representation. Paper presented at the Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCOP), Marseille, France.
• Perrone G, de Hevia MD, Girelli L. (2007). Mapping numbers onto space: Further support for the cognitive illusion hypothesis. Paper presented at the Congresso Nazionale della Sezione di Psicologia Sperimentale, Como, Italy.
• Perrone G, de Hevia MD, Girelli L. (2007). The influence of numerical information on the representation of space. Paper presented at the Congresso Nazionale della Sezione di Psicologia Sperimentale, Como, Italy.
• de Hevia MD, Spelke ES. (2007). The spatial representation of magnitude in children: Effects of number in the perception of a line. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, USA.
• Perrone G, de Hevia MD, Bricolo E, Girelli L. (2006). Spatial effects on the writing of Arabic numbers. Paper presented at the Congresso Nazionale della Sezione di Psicologia Sperimentale, Rovereto, Italy.
• Perrone G, de Hevia MD, Bricolo E, Girelli L. (2005). Physical and symbolic distances in the representational space: Evidence from scanning visual images. Paper presented at the Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCOP), Leiden, Holland.
• de Hevia MD. (2005). The influence of the numerical magnitude in the representation of space. Paper presented at the NUMBRA / ESCOP Summer School “Neuroscience of number processing, Erice, Italy.
• de Hevia MD, Girelli L, Bricolo E, Vallar G. (2005). The impact of numbers in the representational space: Mis-estimations of length. Paper presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) Meeting, New York, USA.
• de Hevia MD, Girelli L, Bricolo E, Vallar G. (2005). The impact of the numerical magnitude in the representation of space. Paper presented at the NUMBRA / ESCOP Summer School “Neuroscience of number processing”, Erice, Italy.
• de Hevia MD, Girelli L, Vallar G. (2003). Cognitive illusion of length induced by number magnitude. Paper presented at the Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCOP), Granada, Spain.