Topographic representation of high-level cognition: Numerosity or sensory processing?

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-3

  Gebuis, Titia ^a   Gevers, Wim ^b   Cohen Kadosh, Roi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c Department of Experimental Psychology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS; HIGH-LEVEL COGNITION; HUMAN BRAIN; NEURAL REPRESENTATIONS; SENSORY CUES; SENSORY PROCESSING; TOPOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

BRAIN;

COGNITION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; NUMEROSITY; PARIETAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; SENSORY STIMULATION; SENSORY SYSTEM; SHORT SURVEY; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL FIELD;

BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; SENSATION;

EID: 84890437564     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2013.10.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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