Magnetoencephalography reveals differences in brain activations for fast and slow responses to simple multiplications.

ABSTRACT: Despite decades of studies, it is still an open question on how and where simple multiplications are solved by the brain. This fragmented picture is mostly related to the different tasks employed. While in neuropsychological studies patients are asked to perform and report simple oral calculations, neuroimaging and neurophysiological studies often use verification tasks, in which the result is shown, and the participant must verify the correctness. This MEG study aims to unify the sources of evidence, investigating how brain activation unfolds in time using a single-digit multiplication production task. We compared the participants' brain activity-focusing on the parietal lobes-based on response efficiency, dividing their responses in fast and slow. Results showed higher activation for fas

SUBMITTER: Arcara G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8514455 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature