Professor Brian Butterworth

BA(Hons), MA, PhD

Professorial Fellow

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Brian Butterworth is Professor of Cognitive Neuropsychology at University College London and founding editor of the academic journal Mathematical Cognition. He has taught at Cambridge and has held visiting appointments at the universities of Melbourne , Padua and Trieste, MIT and the Max Planck Institute at Nijmegen. He was elected Fellow of the British Psychological Society in 1994 and Fellow of the British Academy in 2002. He is currently working with colleagues on the neuropsychology and the genetics of mathematical abilities.

Professional Associations, Memberships & Awards:

• Member, British Psychological Society
• Memebr, Experimental Psychology Society
• Member, British Neuropsychological Society
• Member, British Association for the Advancement of Science
• Member, Cognitive Neuroscience Society
• Awarded Fellowship of the British Psychological Society
• Awarded Fellowship of the British Academy




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Refereed Journal Articles

Landerl, K., Bevan, A., & Butterworth, B. (2004) Developmental Dyscalculia and Basic Numerical Capacities: A Study of 8-9 Year Old Students. Cognition, 93, 99-125

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

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

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

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

Rusconi, E., Walsh, V., & Butterworth, B. (2005). Dexterity with Numbers: rTMS Over Left Angular Gyrus Disrupts Finger Gnosis and Number Processing. Neuropsychologia, 43, 1609-1624

Cappelletti, M., Kopelman, M. D., Morton, J. & Butterworth, B. (2005) Dissociations in numerical abilities revealed by progressive cognitive decline in a patient with semantic dementia. Cognitive Neuropsychology,22, 771-793

Critchley, H. D., Tang, J., Glaser, D. E., Butterworth, B., & Dolan, R. J. (2005). Anterior cingulate activity during error and autonomic response. Neuroimage, 27, 885-895.

Rusconi, E., Kwan, B., Giordano, B., Umiltà, C., & Butterworth, B. (online 31 May 2005). Spatial representation of pitch height: the SMARC effect. Cognition.

Paterson, S. J., Girelli, L., Butterworth, B., & Karmiloff-Smith, A. (online June 2005). Are numerical impairments syndrome specific? Evidence from Williams Syndrome and Down’s Syndrome. Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry.

Sagiv, N., J. Simner, J. Collins, B. Butterworth, and J. Ward, (online November 2005) What is the Relationship between Synaesthesia and Visuo-spatial Number Forms? Cognition