Are numbers special? An overview of chronometric, neuroimaging, developmental and comparative studies of magnitude representation

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 132-147

  Cohen Kadosh, Roi ^a   Lammertyn, Jan ^b   Izard, Veronique ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal cognition; Development; Human cognition; Magnitude; Neural specialization; Neuroimaging; Numerical processing; Parietal lobe; Representation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEUROIMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPONSE TIME; REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS;

EID: 38649122717     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2007.11.001     Document Type: Review

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