Attention to number: The convergence of numerical magnitude processing, attention, and mathematics in the inferior frontal gyrus.

ABSTRACT: Research indicates that the neurocognitive system representing nonsymbolic numerical magnitudes is foundational for the development of mathematical competence. However, recent studies found that the most common task used to measure numerical acuity, the nonsymbolic number comparison task, is heavily influenced by non-numerical visual parameters of stimuli that increase executive function demands. Further, this influence may be a confound invalidating theoretical accounts of the relation between number comparison performance and mathematical competence. Instead of acuity, the relation may depend on one's ability to attend to numerical information in the face of competing, non-numerical cues. The current study investigated this issue by measuring neural activity associated with numerical mag

SUBMITTER: Wilkey ED 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6615546 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature