Research Articles

• A.Karami, E.Castaldi, E.Eger, and M.Piazza. Neural codes for visual numerosity independent of other quantities are present both in the dorsal and in the ventral stream of the human brain. bioRxiv, and Under revision.
• P. Maldonado, E. Göttfried, D. Basso, M. Delazer, M. Knoflach, L. Zamarian, and M. Piazza. “Pathways for learning arithmetic: Fundamental differences between associative and procedural learning”. Under revision.
• S. Viganò, M. Gironimi, J. Sagoe, G. Barresi, and M. Piazza. Learning to categorize new objects with language fosters generalization and alters the perception of novel exemplars. In preparation
• M. Amalric, E.Spelke, & M.Piazza (2023). "Do school-age children learn that 2 x 3 = 3 x 2 relying on previous intuitions?". In preparation

• E. Eccher, M. Josserand, S. Caparos, M. Buiatti, M. Piazza*, G. Vallortigara* (2025). "Left-to-right bias in number-space mapping across ages and cultures". Nature Communications., 16(1), 495 * shared last authorship.
• J. Thompson, H. Sheahan, T. Dumbalska, J. Sandbrink, M. Piazza, C. Summerfield (2024). "Zero-shot counting with a dual-stream network models". Neuron, 112 (24), 4147-4158. e5.
• C. Chen, S. Jang, M. Piazza & D.C. Hyde (2023). “Characterizing exact arithmetic abilities before formal schooling”. Cognition, 238 (2023): 105481.
• G. Decarli, D.Zingaro, L.Surian, & M. Piazza (2023). "Number sense at 12 months predicts 4-year-olds’ maths skills". Developmental Science, e13386.
• G. Decarli, M. Piazza, & V. Izard (2023). “Are infants’ preferences in the number change detection paradigm driven by sequence patterns?”. Infancy.
• A.Guez, M. Piazza, P. Pinheiro-Chagas, H. Peyre, B. Heude, & F. Ramus (2023). “Preschool language and visuospatial skills respectively predict multiplication and addition/subtraction skills in middle school children”. Developmental Science, e13316.
• D.C. Hyde, Y. Mou, I. Berteletti, E.S. Spelke, S. Dehaene, & M. Piazza (2022). “Testing the role of symbols in training preschool numeracy: An experimental, computer-based intervention study”. PLoSONE, 16 (11), e0259775.
• S. Viganò, V. Rubino, M. Buiatti, & M. Piazza (2021). "The neural representation of absolute direction during mental navigation in conceptual spaces". Communications Biology 4 (1), 1-7.
• S. Viganò, V. Borghesani, & M.Piazza (2021). “Symbolic categorization of novel multisensory stimuli in the human brain”. NeuroImage 235, 118016.
• S. Viganò, & M. Piazza (2021). "The hippocampal-entorhinal system represents nested hierarchical relations between words during concept learning". Hippocampus.31 (6), 557-568.
• S. Viganò, V. Rubino, A. Di Soccio, M. Buiatti, & M. Piazza (2021). “Grid-like and distance codes for representing word meaning in the human brain”. NeuroImage, 232, 117876.
• E. Castaldi, M.Piazza, & E.Eger (2021). "Resources underlying visuo-spatial working memory enable veridical large numerosity perception". Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 683.
• S. Viganò & M. Piazza (2020). “Distance and direction codes underly navigation of a novel semantic space in the human brain”. The Journal of Neuroscience. 40(13), 2727-2736.
• G. Decarli, E. Paris, C. Tencati, C. Nardelli, M. Vescovi, L. Surian & M. Piazza (2020). "Impaired large numerosity estimation and intact subitizing in developmental dyscalculia". PLoSONE,15 (12), e0244578.
• E. Castaldi, M. Turi, S. Gassama, M. Piazza, & E. Eger (2020). "Excessive visual crowding effects in developmental dyscalculia". Journal of Vision, 20(8):7.
• Y. Mou, B. Zhang, M. Piazza, & D. C. Hyde (2020). “Comparing measures of cardinal number knowledge in preschool children using latent variable modelling”. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 54, 125-135.
• G. Decarli, L. Franchin, M. Piazza, and L. Surian (2020). “Infants’ use of motion cues in object individuation processes”. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. In press.
• M. Buiatti, E. Di Giorgio, M. Piazza, C. Polloni, G. Menna, F. Taddei, E. Baldo, & G. Vallortigara (2019). "Cortical route for face-like pattern processing in human newborns". PNAS, 116 (10), 4625-4630.
• E. Castaldi, M. Piazza, S. Dehaene, A. Vignaud, and E. Eger. (2019). "Attentional amplification of neural codes for number independent of other quantities along the dorsal visual stream". Elife 8, e45160.
• Lasne, G. Piazza, M., Dehaene, S., Kleinschmidt, A., & Eger, E. (2019). "Discriminability of numerosity-evoked fMRI activity patterns in human intra-parietal cortex reflects behavioral numerical acuity". Cortex, 114, 90-101. 
• Borghesani, V. de Hevia, M. 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.
• Pinero Chagas, P., Piazza, M., and Dehaene, S. (2019). "Decoding the processing stages of mental arithmetic with MEG". Cortex, 114, 124-139.
• Pezzelle, S., Bernardi, R. & Piazza, M. (2018). "Probing the mental representation of quantifiers". Cognition, 181 (2018): 117-126.
• Piazza, M., De Feo, V., Panzeri, S., & Dehaene, S. (2018). “Learning to focus on number”. Cognition, 181, 35-45.
• Castaldi, E. Mirassou, A., Dehaene, S., Piazza, M., & Eger, E. (2018). “Asymmetrical interference between number and item size perception provide evidence for a domain specific impairment in dyscalculia”. PlosONE, 13 (12), e0209256.
• Borghesani, V., Buiatti, M., Eger, E. & Piazza, M. (2018). "Conceptual and perceptual dimensions of word meaning are recovered separately, rapidly, and in parallel during reading". Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience,  Aug 29:1-4.​
• Pinero Chagas, P., Dotan, D., Piazza, M., & Dehane, S. (2017). “Finger tracking reveals the covert stages of mental arithmetic”. Open Mind: Discoveries in Cognitive Science. 1, 30-41.
• Borghesani, V., & Piazza, M (2017). “The neuro-cognitive representations of symbols:  the case of concrete words”. Neuropsicologia. 105, 4-17.
• A. Gomez, Alice, M. Piazza, A. Jobert, G. Dehaene-Lambertz, & C. Huron (2017). “Numerical abilities of school-age children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD): A behavioral and eye-tracking study”. Human Movement Science, 55, 315-326.
• Borghesani, V., Pedregosa, F., Buiatti, M., Alexis, A., Eger, E., & Piazza, M. (2016). “Word meaning in the ventral visual path: a perceptual to conceptual gradient of semantic coding”. NeuroImage. 143, 128-40.
• Piazza M, Eger E (2016). “Neural foundations and functional specificity of number representations”. Neuropsychologia. 83:257-273.
• M. Andres, M. Buiatti, C. Finocchiaro, and M. Piazza (2015). “Contribution of motor representations to action verb processing”. Cognition. 134, 174-184.
• Borghesani, V., Pedregosa, F., Eger, E., Buiatti, M., & Piazza, M. (2014). “A perceptual-to-conceptual gradient of word coding along the ventral path”. International Workshop on Pattern Recognition in Neuroimaging IEEE.
• Borghesani, V., de Hevia, L., Viarouge, A., Pinheiro Chagas, P., Eger, E., & Piazza, M. (2016). “Comparing magnitudes across dimensions: a univariate and multivariate approach”. International Workshop on Pattern Recognition in Neuroimaging IEEE.
• A Gomez, M Piazza, A Jobert, G Dehaene-Lambertz, S Dehaene, and C. Huron (2015). “Mathematical difficulties in developmental coordination disorder: Symbolic and nonsymbolic number processing”.  Research in developmental disabilities. 43, 167-178.
• Piazza, M., Pica, P., Izard, V., Spelke, E. S., & Dehaene, S. (2013). “Education Enhances the Acuity of the Nonverbal Approximate Number System”. Psychological Science, 24 (6), 1037 - 1043.
• A. Knops, M.Piazza*, R. Sengupta, E.Eger, and D. Melcher*. (* equal contribution). (2014). “A shared, flexible neural map architecture underlies capacity limits in both working memory and enumeration”. The Journal of Neuroscience. 34 (30), 9857-9866.
• M.Piazza, V. Izard, E.Spelke, P.Pica, and S. Dehaene. (2013) “Education enhances the acuity of the pre-verbal approximate number system”. Psychological Science, 24(6): 1037-1043.
• A. Chinello, V. Cattani, C. Bonfiglioli, S. Dehaene, and M. Piazza. (2013) “Objects, numbers, fingers, space: clustering of ventral and dorsal functions in young children and adults”. Developmental Science, 16(3): 377-93.
• D. Melcher and M. Piazza. (2011) “The role of attentional priority and saliency in determining capacity limits in enumeration and visual working memory”. PLoSONE. 6(12):e29296.
• M. Piazza, A. Fumarola, A. Chinello, and D. Melcher. (2011) “Subitizing reflects visuo-spatial object indexing capacity". Cognition, 121(1): 147-153.
• M.Piazza (2010) “Neurocognitive start-up tools for symbolic number representations”. Trends in Cognitive Science, Special issue: Space, Time, and Number. 14(12): 542-551.
• M. Piazza, A. Facoetti, A.N. Trussardi, I. Berteletti, S. Conte, D. Lucangeli, S.Dehaene, and M. Zorzi (2010) ” Developmental trajectory of number acuity reveals a severe impairment  in developmental dyscalculia”. Cognition, 116(1): 33-41.
• I. Berteletti, D. Lucangeli, M. Piazza, S. Dehaene, ad M. Zorzi (2010) “Numerical representations in preschoolers”. Developmental Psychology, 46(2): 545-551.
• M. Piazza & V. Izard (2009). “How humans count: numerosity and the parietal cortex”. The Neuroscientist. 15(3):261-73.
• M. Ranzini, S. Dehaene, M. Piazza, and E. Hubbard (2009) “Neural mechanisms of attentional shifts due to irrelevant spatial and numerical cues”. Neuropsychologia, 47(12): 2615-2624.
• E.M. Hubbard, M Ranzini, M. Piazza, and S. Dehaene (2009) “What information is critical to elicit interference in number-form synaesthesia?”. Cortex, 45(10): 1200-1216.
• M. Piazza and V. Izard (2009). “What is an (abstract) neural representation of quantity?. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 32: 348-349
• S.K. Revkin, M. Piazza, V. Izard, L. Zamarian; E. Karner, and M. Delazer (2008). “Verbal numerosity estimation deficit in the context of spared semantic representation of numbers: A neuropsychological study of a patient with frontal lesions”. Neuropsychologia, 46(10): 2459-2471.
• S.K. Revkin, M. Piazza, V. Izard, L. Cohen, and S. Dehaene (2008). “Does subitizing reflect numerical estimation?”. Psychological Science, 19(6): 606-613.
• M. Piazza, P.Pinel, D. LeBihan, and S. Dehaene (2007). “A magnitude code common to numerosity and number symbols in human intraparietal cortex”. Neuron. 53(2): 293-305.
• M. Piazza, A. Mechelli, C. Price, and B. Butterworth (2006). “Exact and approximate judgments of visual and auditory numerosity: an fMRI study”. Brain Research, 1106(1): 177-188.
• M. Piazza, P. Pinel, and S. Dehaene (2006). “Objective correlates of an unusual subjective experience: a single-case study of number-form synaesthesia”. Cognitive Neuropsychology. 23(8): 1162–1173.
• E.M. Hubbard, M. Piazza, P. Pinel, and S. Dehaene (2005). “Interactions between number and space in parietal cortex”. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 6(6): 435-48.
• M. Piazza, V. Izard, P. Pinel, D. LeBihan, and S. Dehaene (2004). ”Tuning curves for approximate numerosity in the human parietal cortex”. Neuron, 44(3): 547-555.
• P. Pinel, M. Piazza, D. Le Bihan, and S. Dehaene (2004). “Distributed and overlapping representations of number, size, and luminance in parietal cortex during comparative judgments”. Neuron, 41(6): 983-993.
• M. Piazza, E. Giacomini, D. Le Bihan, and S. Dehaene (2003). ”Single-trial classification of parallel pre-attentive and serial attentive processes using fMRI”. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological sciences, 270: 1237-1245.
• S. Dehaene, M. Piazza, P. Pinel, and L. Cohen (2003). “Three parietal circuits for number processing”. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 20(3): 487-506.
• M. Piazza, A. Mechelli, B. Butterworth and C. Price (2002). “Are subitizing and counting implemented as separate or functionally overlapping processes?”. NeuroImage, 15(2): 435-446.

Book chapters

• P. Maldonado, A. Karami, and M. Piazza (2025). “Neurobiological underpinnings of developmental dyscalculia”. In Y. Gliksman, L. Kaufmann & A. Henik (Eds) Developmental dyscalculia. Elsevier.
• E. Castaldi, M. Piazza, T. Iuculano (2018). “Learning Disabilities: Developmental Dyscalculia”. In Neurodevelopmental and cognitive disabilities. Handbook of Clinical Neurology. Chapter 33. Elsevier.
• M. Piazza (2014). “Comment la culture façonne le cerveau: mécanismes neuronaux de la lecture et du calcul”. In C. Chiland et J.P. Raynaud. Cerveau, psyché et développement. Pages 109-117. Odile Jacob.
• M. Piazza (2013). “Start-up neurocognitivi dell’apprendimento dei numeri e del calcolo”. In Biancardi A., Mariani E. and Pieretti M. Intervento logopedico nei DSA- La discalculia. Pages 18-44. Erickson.
• M. Piazza (2011). “Neurocognitive Start-upTools for symbolic number representations”. In S. Dehaene and E. Brannon (Eds.). Space time and number in the brain. Searching for the foundations of mathematical thoughts. Pages 267-286. Academic Press.
• E.M. Hubbard, M. Piazza, P. Pinel, and S. Dehaene. (2009). “Numerical and spatial intuitions: A role for posterior parietal cortex?”. In L. Tommasi, L. Nadel and M.A. Peterson (Eds.) Cognitive Biology: Evolutionary and Developmental Perspectives on Mind, Brain and Behavior, pages 221-246. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
• M. Piazza and S. Dehaene (2004). “From number neurons to mental arithmetic: the cognitive neuroscience of number sense “. The Cognitive Neuroscience, 3rd Ed. by Gazzaniga et al. pp. 865-875.
• S. Dehaene, M. Piazza, P. Pinel, and L. Cohen (2004). “Three parietal circuits for number processing”. In Handbook of Mathematical Cognition. Psychological press, New York.
• M. Piazza (2002). “Les processus de quantification: subitizing, estimation et dénombrement”, Chapter 5; In “L’arithmétique cognitive”. Traités de Science Cognitive. X. Seron & M. Pesenti Ed. Hermes, Bruxelles.