Visual number beats abstract numerical magnitude: Format-dependent representation of arabic digits and dot patterns in human parietal cortex

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1376-1387

  Bulthé, Jessica ^a   De Smedt, Bert ^a   De Beeck, Hans P Op ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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Indexed keywords

ABSTRACT NUMERICAL MAGNITUDE; ADULT; ARABIC DIGIT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFIER; COGNITION; DOT PATTERN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; NERVE POTENTIAL; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; VISUAL NUMBER; VISUAL STIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84930170083     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00787     Document Type: Article

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