Is 2+2=4? Meta-analyses of brain areas needed for numbers and calculations

被引:553
作者
Arsalidou, Marie [1 ]
Taylor, Margot J. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Toronto, Hosp Sick Children, Diagnost Imaging & Res Inst, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
关键词
Mathematical cognition; fMRI; Neurofunctional model; Activation Likelihood Estimate; WORKING-MEMORY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTOPOLAR CORTEX; PARIETAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MRI; INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES; ARITHMETIC OPERATIONS; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; NEURAL MECHANISMS; EXECUTIVE CONTROL;
D O I
10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.10.009
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Most of us use numbers daily for counting, estimating quantities or formal mathematics, yet despite their importance our understanding of the brain correlates of these processes is still evolving. A neurofunctional model of mental arithmetic, proposed more than a decade ago, stimulated a substantial body of research in this area. Using quantitative meta-analyses of fMRI studies we identified brain regions concordant among studies that used number and calculation tasks. These tasks elicited activity in a set of common regions such as the inferior parietal lobule; however, the regions in which they differed were most notable, such as distinct areas of prefrontal cortices for specific arithmetic operations. Given the current knowledge, we propose an updated topographical brain atlas of mental arithmetic with improved interpretative power. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:2382 / 2393
页数:12
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