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Semantic sides of three-dimensional space representation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2013

Arnaud Badets
Arnaud Badets*
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Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition et l'Apprentissage, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), UMR-7295, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société, 86000 Poitiers, France. arnaud.badets@univ-poitiers.fr http://cerca.labo.univ-poitiers.fr
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Abstract

In this commentary, I propose that horizontal and vertical dimensions of space are represented together inside a common metrics mechanism located in the parietal cortex. Importantly, this network is also involved in the processing of number magnitudes and environment-directed actions. Altogether, the evidence suggests that different magnitude dimensions could be intertwined with the horizontality and verticality of our world representation.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 5 , October 2013 , pp. 543
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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