The relation between finger gnosis and mathematical ability: why redeployment of neural circuits best explains the finding

This paper elaborates a novel hypothesis regarding the observed predictive relation between finger gnosis and mathematical ability. In brief, we suggest that these two cognitive phenomena have overlapping neural substrates, as the result of the re-use (“redeployment”) of part of the finger gnosis ci...

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Autores principales: Penner-Wilger, Marcie, Anderson, Michael L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013
Materias:
Psychology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3851991/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24367341
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00877
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description This paper elaborates a novel hypothesis regarding the observed predictive relation between finger gnosis and mathematical ability. In brief, we suggest that these two cognitive phenomena have overlapping neural substrates, as the result of the re-use (“redeployment”) of part of the finger gnosis circuit for the purpose of representing numbers. We offer some background on the relation and current explanations for it; an outline of our alternate hypothesis; some evidence supporting redeployment over current views; and a plan for further research.
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spelling pubmed-38519912013-12-23 The relation between finger gnosis and mathematical ability: why redeployment of neural circuits best explains the finding Penner-Wilger, Marcie Anderson, Michael L. Front Psychol Psychology This paper elaborates a novel hypothesis regarding the observed predictive relation between finger gnosis and mathematical ability. In brief, we suggest that these two cognitive phenomena have overlapping neural substrates, as the result of the re-use (“redeployment”) of part of the finger gnosis circuit for the purpose of representing numbers. We offer some background on the relation and current explanations for it; an outline of our alternate hypothesis; some evidence supporting redeployment over current views; and a plan for further research. Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-12-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3851991/ /pubmed/24367341 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00877 Text en Copyright © 2013 Penner-Wilger and Anderson. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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