Kadosh, RC and Walsh, V (2009) Numerical representation in the parietal lobes: Abstract or not abstract? BEHAV BRAIN SCI , 32 (3-4) 313 -328. 10.1017/S0140525X09990938.
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Abstract
The study of neuronal specialisation in different cognitive and perceptual domains is important for our understanding of the human brain, its typical and atypical development, and the evolutionary precursors of cognition. Central to this understanding is the issue of numerical representation, and the question of whether numbers are represented in an abstract fashion. Here we discuss and challenge the claim that numerical representation is abstract. We discuss the principles of cortical organisation with special reference to number and also discuss methodological and theoretical limitations that apply to numerical cognition and also to the field of cognitive neuroscience in general. We argue that numerical representation is primarily non-abstract and is supported by different neuronal Populations residing in the parietal cortex.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Numerical representation in the parietal lobes: Abstract or not abstract? |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0140525X09990938 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X09990938 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2009 Cambridge University Press |
| Keywords: | abstract, automaticity, brain, cognition, neuronal specialisation, numbers, parietal lobes, prefrontal cortex, representation, MENTAL NUMBER LINE, WORD FORM AREA, TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION, STIMULUS-RESPONSE COMPATIBILITY, FUNCTIONAL BRAIN-DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN INTRAPARIETAL CORTEX, PERCEPTUAL SYMBOL SYSTEMS, PRIMATE PREFRONTAL CORTEX, EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, FUSIFORM FACE AREA |
| UCL classification: | UCL > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Psychology and Language Sciences (Division of) > Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience UCL > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences |
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