Representation of numerosity in posterior parietal cortex

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MAY 2012, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Roitman, Jamie D ^a   Brannon, Elizabeth M ^b   Platt, Michael L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal cognition; Electrophysiology; Human; Number; Posterior parietal cortex; Psychophysics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RESPONSE TIME; SENSORY ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84863629825     PISSN: 16625145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2012.00025     Document Type: Article

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