Representation of the Numerosity 'zero' in the Parietal Cortex of the Monkey

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Okuyama, Sumito ^a,b   Kuki, Toshinobu ^a   Mushiake, Hajime ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Southern Tohoku General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COGNITION; MACACA; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; NERVE CELL; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MACACA; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; NEURONS; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84930224940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10059     Document Type: Article

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