کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
142066 162971 2009 9 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Beyond the number domain
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی علوم اعصاب شناختی
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Beyond the number domain
چکیده انگلیسی

In a world without numbers, we would be unable to build a skyscraper, hold a national election, plan a wedding or pay for a chicken at the market. The numerical symbols used in all these behaviors build on the approximate number system (ANS) which represents the number of discrete objects or events as a continuous mental magnitude. Here, we first discuss evidence that the ANS bears a set of behavioral and brain signatures that are universally displayed across animal species, human cultures and development. We then turn to the question of whether the ANS constitutes a specialized cognitive and neural domain – a question central to understanding how this system works, the nature of its evolutionary and developmental trajectory and its physical instantiation in the brain.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: - Volume 13, Issue 2, February 2009, Pages 83–91
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