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Are non-abstract brain representations of number developmentally plausible?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 August 2009

Daniel Ansari
Daniel Ansari
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology and Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6G 2K3, Canada. daniel.ansari@uwo.cahttp://psychology.uwo.ca/faculty/ansari_res.htm
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Abstract

The theory put forward by Cohen Kadosh & Walsh (CK&W) proposing that semantic representations of numerical magnitude in the parietal cortex are format-specific, does not specify how these representations might be constructed over the course of learning and development. The developmental predictions of the non-abstract theory are discussed and the need for a developmental perspective on the abstract versus non-abstract question highlighted.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 32 , Issue 3-4 , August 2009 , pp. 329 - 330
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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