mobile icon
Former member of staff [2017-08-15 - 2022-03-31]

Roberta Barrocas

Former Projects

Digits grasp digits – Development and evaluation of a digital app for self-regulated training of finger-based numerical strategies

Articles in refereed Journals

Barrocas, R., Bahnmueller, J., Roesch, S., Lachmair, M., & Moeller, K. (2023). Design and empirical evaluation of a multitouch interaction game-like app for fostering early embodied math learning. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 175, Article 103030. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2023.103030
 

de Carvalho Souza, A. M., Barrocas, R., Fischer, M. H., Arnaud, E., Moeller, K., & Rennó-Costa, C. (2023). Combining virtual reality and tactile stimulation to investigate embodied finger-based numerical representations. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, Article 1119561. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1119561 Open Access
 

Artemenko, C., Wortha, S. M., Dresler, T., Frey, M., Barrocas, R., Nuerk, H.-C., & Moeller, K. (2022). Finger-based numerical training increases sensorimotor activation for arithmetic in children—An fNIRS study. Brain Sciences, 12(5), 637. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12050637 Open Access
 

Roesch, S., Bahnmueller, J., Barrocas, R., & Moeller, K. (2022). Feinmotorik, Fingergnosie und frühe mathematische Fähigkeiten. Ein Überblick. Lernen und Lernstörungen, 11(3), 139-157. https://dx.doi.org/10.1024/2235-0977/a000376 Open Access
 

Roesch, S., Bahnmueller, J., Barrocas, R., Fischer, U., & Moeller, K. (2021). Die Bedeutung von Fingergnosie und Fingerbeweglichkeit für die Rechenfähigkeit im Kindergartenalter. Empirische Pädagogik, 35(3), 250-268. request document
 

Barrocas, R., Roesch, S., Dresen, V., Moeller, K., & Pixner, S. (2020). Embodied numerical representations and their association with multi-digit arithmetic performance. Cognitive Processing, 21(1), 95-103. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10339-019-00940-z
 

Barrocas, R., Roesch, S., Gawrilow, C., & Moeller, K. (2020). Putting a Finger on Numerical Development – Reviewing the Contributions of Kindergarten Finger Gnosis and Fine Motor Skills to Numerical Abilities. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, Article 1012. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01012 Open Access
 

Proceedings

Barrocas, R., Ninaus, M., Tsarava, K., Gawrilow, C., Lachmair, M., Roesch, S., & Moeller, K. (2019). Digits grasp digits: Numbers on your fingertips. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN19) (pp. 7165-7174). Barcelona, Valencia: IATED Academy. https://dx.doi.org/10.21125/edulearn.2019.1714
 

Chapters in Edited Books

Roesch, S., Barrocas, R., Ladel, S., & Moeller, K. (2020). Zahlen begreifen - wie Finger das Verständnis von Zahlen fördern können. In C. Andrä & M. Macedonia (Eds.), Bewegtes Lernen - Handbuch für Forschung und Praxis (pp. 83-99). Berlin: Lehmanns Media.
 

Conference Contributions

Bahnmueller, J., Barrocas, R., Moeller, K., & Roesch, S. (2022, June 1-3). Inter-individual variability in the emergence of canonical finger pattern recognition. Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society Conference (MCLS). Antwerp, Belgium. [Talk]
 

Roesch, S., Bahnmueller, J., Barrocas, R., Fischer, U., & Moeller, K. (2021, March 14-17). The impact of finger gnosia and finger agility on preschoolers’ arithmetical abilities. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP 2021), 63th Conference of Experimental Psychologists. Ulm. [Talk]
 

Barrocas, R., & Moeller, K. (2020, September). Age matters, but is there more to it? Cognitive and sensorimotor influences on preschool numerical skills. Virtuelles Symposium im Rahmen der MCLS-Online Konferenz. [Talk]
 

Barrocas, R., Moeller, K., & Gawrilow, C. (2020, May). Digits Grasp Digits. Development and evaluation of a digital app for self-regulated training of finger-based numerical strategies. Virtuelles Symposium „What’s Cognitive About Cognitive Interfaces?” zum Abschluss des Leibniz-WissenschaftsCampus Tübingen. Tübingen. [Talk]
 

Barrocas, R., & Moeller, K. (2019, November). Zahlen begreifen – Wie uns unsere Finger dabei helfen, Zahlen zu verstehen. Eingeladener Vortrag an der Pädagogischen Hochschule Thurgau. Thurgau, Schweiz. [Vortrag]
 

Barrocas, R., Ninaus, M., Tsarava, K., Gawrilow, C., Lachmair, M., Roesch, S., & Moeller, K. (2019, July). Digits grasp digits: Numbers on your fingertips. 11th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN19). Palma, Spain. [Talk]
 

Barrocas, R., Roesch, S., & Moeller, K. (2019, June). Fingers come in handy: does finger use support learning a pseudo-number-word sequence? 2nd Conference of the Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society. Ottawa, Canada. [Poster]
 

Barrocas, R., Roesch, S., Dresen, V., Kreilinger, I., Moeller, K., & Pixner, S. (2018, June). The longitudinal influence of fingers on the acquisition of discrete cardinal number knowledge. 3rd Jean Piaget Conference: The origins of number. Geneva, Switzerland. [Poster]
 

Barrocas, R., Roesch, S., Dresen, V., Kreilinger, I., Moeller, K., & Pixner, S. (2018, September). Finger-based numerical representations predict preschoolers' cardinal number knowledge longitudinally. Workshop Integrating Educational and Cognitive Perspectives on Mathematics. Tübingen. [Poster]
 

Barrocas, R., Roesch, S., Dresen, V., Moeller, K., & Pixner, S. (2018, January). Different aspects of non-canonical finger patterns and their association with arithmetic performance. 36th European Workshop of Cognitive Neuropsychology. Bressanone, Italy. [Talk]
 

Bieck, S. M., Barrocas, R., Krauss, D., & Tsarava, K. (2018, July). Wie macht lernen Spaß? Experimente zum spielerischen Lernen. Kinderuni Workshop. Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Tübingen. [Workshop Organisation]
 

Software Development

Moeller, K., Gawrilow, C., Barrocas, R., & Lachmair, M. (2018). Fingers_Grasping_Numbers - Touch-Applikation-Prototype for Androids. Tübingen: Leibniz-Wissenschaftscampus II.
 

Roberta Barrocas
Roberta Barrocas