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In search of non-abstract representation of numbers: Maybe on the right track, but still not there

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 August 2009

Joseph Tzelgov  and
Michal Pinhas
Joseph Tzelgov
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Achva Academic College, M. P. Shikmim, 79800, Israel. tzelgov@bgu.ac.ilhttp://bgu.ac.il/~tzelgov/ Department of Psychology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel. pinchas@bgu.ac.il
Michal Pinhas
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel. pinchas@bgu.ac.il
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Abstract

We agree that the default numerical representation is best accessed by probing automatic processing. The locus of this representation is apparently at the horizontal intraparietal sulcus (HIPS), the convergence zone of magnitude information. The parietal lobes are the right place to look for non-abstract representation of magnitude, yet the proof for that is still to be found.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 32 , Issue 3-4 , August 2009 , pp. 353 - 354
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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