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Connecting neural coding to number cognition: a computational account
Author(s) -
Prather Richard W.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
developmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.801
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1467-7687
pISSN - 1363-755X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2012.01156.x
Subject(s) - cognition , coding (social sciences) , expansive , psychology , neural coding , numerical cognition , artificial neural network , cognitive science , cognitive psychology , computational model , computer science , artificial intelligence , neuroscience , mathematics , statistics , compressive strength , materials science , composite material
The current study presents a series of computational simulations that demonstrate how the neural coding of numerical magnitude may influence number cognition and development. This includes behavioral phenomena cataloged in cognitive literature such as the development of numerical estimation and operational momentum. Though neural research has begun to describe neural coding of number, it is unclear how specific characteristics of the neural coding may relate to the expansive list of behavioral phenomena in the development of number cognition. The following study considers several possibilities.