Are numbers special? An overview of chronometric, neuroimaging, developmental and comparative studies of magnitude representation.
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Evidence from chronometric, neuroimaging, developmental and comparative fields is critically reviewed, and a meta-analysis of the neuroim imaging data is supplemented with an integrative overview of each approach to discuss limitations inherent in each approach.About:
This article is published in Progress in Neurobiology.The article was published on 2008-02-01 and is currently open access. It has received 353 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Representation (systemics).read more
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Neural reuse: A fundamental organizational principle of the brain.
TL;DR: Neural reuse theories offer a distinct perspective on several topics of general interest, including the evolution and development of the brain, including (for instance) the evolutionary-developmental pathway supporting primate tool use and human language.
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Effects of development and enculturation on number representation in the brain
TL;DR: This Review provides an evaluation of the contention that cultural number symbols acquire their meaning by being mapped onto non-symbolic representations of numerical magnitude and proposes hypotheses to guide investigations into the neural mechanisms that constrain the acquisition of cultural representations of numeric magnitude.
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The parietal cortex and the representation of time, space, number and other magnitudes
Domenica Bueti,Vincent Walsh +1 more
TL;DR: The contention that generalized magnitude processing is a more accurate conceptual description of how the brain deals with information about time, space, number and other dimensions is discussed.
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How do symbolic and non-symbolic numerical magnitude processing skills relate to individual differences in children's mathematical skills? A review of evidence from brain and behavior
TL;DR: A few neuroimaging studies revealed that brain activation during number comparison correlates with children's mathematics achievement level, but the consistency of such relationships for symbolic and non-symbolic processing is unclear.
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Beyond the Number Domain
TL;DR: Evidence is discussed that the approximate number system (ANS) bears a set of behavioral and brain signatures that are universally displayed across animal species, human cultures and development, and whether the ANS constitutes a specialized cognitive and neural domain.
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