Format-dependent representations of symbolic and non-symbolic numbers in the human cortex as revealed by multi-voxel pattern analyses

NeuroImage

Volumn 87, Issue , 2014, Pages 311-322

  Bulthe J ^a   De Smedt, B ^a   Op de Beeck, H P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

FMRI; Multi voxel pattern analysis; Numbers; Numerical cognition; Parietal cortex

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANGULAR GYRUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; SUPRAMARGINAL GYRUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

FMRI; MULTI-VOXEL PATTERN ANALYSIS; NUMBERS; NUMERICAL COGNITION; PARIETAL CORTEX;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890954377     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.10.049     Document Type: Article

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