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Introduction. Children, Adults; Males, Females: Weaknessesand Talents. There is No Such Thing as Arithmetic Ability - Only Arithmetical Abilities. Relationships Between Arithmetic and Other Abilities. Counting and After: The Importance of Individual Differences. Is Arithmetic a Foreign Language? Representing Numbersand Arithmetic Problemsin Differnt Formsand Translating Between Them. Derived Fact Strategies. A Good Guess: Estimation and Individual Differences. Arithmetic Facts, Proceduresand Different Formsof Memory. Effectsof Culture, Languageand Experience. TheBrainand Individual Differencesin Arithmetic. "Maths Doesn't Like me Anymore": The Roleof Attitudesand Emotions. Implicationsfor Helping ChildrenwithTheir Arithmetical Difficulties. Conclusions.