Numerical Cognition: Reading Numbers from the Brain

被引:4
作者
Kadosh, Roi Cohen [1 ]
Walsh, Vincent [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Oxford, Dept Expt Psychol, Oxford OX1 3UD, England
[2] UCL, Inst Cognit Neurosci, London WC1N 3AR, England
关键词
REPRESENTATION; MAGNITUDE;
D O I
10.1016/j.cub.2009.08.033
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
How the human brain encodes numbers is revealed by a new analysis of patterns of brain activity. The findings address the nature of numerical representations and homology between humans and non-human primates.
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页码:R898 / R899
页数:2
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