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

Titia Gebuis; Wim Gevers; Roi Cohen Kadosh

doi:10.1016/j.tics.2013.10.002

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

Trends Cogn Sci. 2014 Jan;18(1):1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2013.10.002. Epub 2013 Oct 12.

Authors

Titia Gebuis¹, Wim Gevers², Roi Cohen Kadosh³

Affiliations

¹ KU Leuven, Department of Experimental Psychology, Tiensestraat 102, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
² Center for Research in Cognition and Neurosciences (CRCN), Université Libre de Bruxelles and UNI - ULB Neurosciences Institute, Brussels, Belgium.
³ Department of Experimental Psychology, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3UD, UK. Electronic address: roi.cohenkadosh@psy.ox.ac.uk.

PMID: 24129333
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2013.10.002

Abstract

A recent study showed that topographic field maps of complex cognitive functions, such as numerosity, exist in the human brain. This is an exciting, novel approach for studying the neural representation of high-level cognition. However, the results can also be explained on the basis of the confounding non-numerical sensory cues of numerosity.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Brain Mapping*
Cerebral Cortex / physiology*
Humans
Mathematical Concepts*
Sensation / physiology*

Grants and funding

WT88378/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom