These 35 contributors examine a range of theoretical and practical issues from a variety of perspectives, including special education, educational psychology, developmental psychology, cognitive neuroscience and behavioral genetics. They address historical and current perspectives on mathematical learning disabilities, definitions of mathematical learning disabilities, the prevalence of developmental dyscalcula, information processing deficits, strategies for improving long-term and working memory capacity, connections between learning disabilities, the connection between skills and reasoning, research on Fragile X and Turner syndromes, neurodevelopmental disorders, ADHD, neuroanatomical approaches, genetics and mathematics abilities, math anxiety as a disability, gender and ethnicity, instructional intervention and issues of quantitative literacy. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)