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Numerical representation in the parietal lobes: Abstract or not abstract?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 August 2009

Roi Cohen Kadosh  and
Vincent Walsh
Roi Cohen Kadosh
Affiliation:
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Department of Psychology, University College London, London WC1N 3AR, United Kingdomroi.cohenkadosh@psy.ox.ac.ukhttp://www.ucl.ac.uk/neuroscience/Page.php?ID=12&ResearcherID=238
Vincent Walsh
Affiliation:
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Department of Psychology, University College London, London WC1N 3AR, United Kingdomv.walsh@ucl.ac.ukhttp://www.icn.ucl.ac.uk/Research-Groups/Visual-Cognition-Group/index.php
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Abstract

The study of neuronal specialisation in different cognitive and perceptual domains is important for our understanding of the human brain, its typical and atypical development, and the evolutionary precursors of cognition. Central to this understanding is the issue of numerical representation, and the question of whether numbers are represented in an abstract fashion. Here we discuss and challenge the claim that numerical representation is abstract. We discuss the principles of cortical organisation with special reference to number and also discuss methodological and theoretical limitations that apply to numerical cognition and also to the field of cognitive neuroscience in general. We argue that numerical representation is primarily non-abstract and is supported by different neuronal populations residing in the parietal cortex.

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abstractautomaticitybraincognitionneuronal specialisationnumbersparietal lobesprefrontal cortexrepresentation
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 32 , Issue 3-4 , August 2009 , pp. 313 - 328
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