The ABC of cardinal and ordinal number representations

@article{citeulike:2322959, abstract = {Numerical cognition encompasses the concepts of quantity (`how many') and serial order (`which position'). Yet, although numbers can convey different meanings, a recent imaging study by Fias and coworkers showed that ranking letters in the alphabet is subserved by a cortical network highly similar to that involved in judging magnitudes. In terms of neural processing, quantity and rank might just be two sides of the same coin.}, author = {Jacob, Simon N. and Nieder, Andreas }, citeulike-article-id = {2322959}, doi = {10.1016/j.tics.2007.11.006}, journal = {Trends in Cognitive Sciences}, keywords = {mathematics, numeracy}, month = {February}, number = {2}, pages = {41--43}, posted-at = {2008-02-02 12:56:31}, priority = {2}, title = {The ABC of cardinal and ordinal number representations}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2007.11.006}, volume = {12}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2322959 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2322959 TI - The ABC of cardinal and ordinal number representations JF - Trends in Cognitive Sciences VL - 12 IS - 2 SP - 41 EP - 43 N2 - Numerical cognition encompasses the concepts of quantity (`how many') and serial order (`which position'). Yet, although numbers can convey different meanings, a recent imaging study by Fias and coworkers showed that ranking letters in the alphabet is subserved by a cortical network highly similar to that involved in judging magnitudes. In terms of neural processing, quantity and rank might just be two sides of the same coin. KW - mathematics KW - numeracy AU - Jacob, Simon AU - Nieder, Andreas PY - 2008/02// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2007.11.006 ER -