Semantic cognition versus numerical cognition: a topographical perspective

Rocco Chiou; Daniel Margulies; Mojtaba Soltanlou; Elizabeth Jefferies; Roi Cohen Kadosh

doi:10.1016/j.tics.2023.08.004

Semantic cognition versus numerical cognition: a topographical perspective

Trends Cogn Sci. 2023 Nov;27(11):993-995. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2023.08.004. Epub 2023 Aug 26.

Authors

Rocco Chiou¹, Daniel Margulies², Mojtaba Soltanlou³, Elizabeth Jefferies⁴, Roi Cohen Kadosh³

Affiliations

¹ School of Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK; Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. Electronic address: r.chiou@surrey.ac.uk.
² Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; The Integrative Neuroscience and Cognition Center, University of Paris, Paris, France.
³ School of Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.
⁴ Department of Psychology, University of York, York, UK.

PMID: 37634952
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2023.08.004

Abstract

Semantic cognition and numerical cognition are dissociable faculties with separable neural mechanisms. However, recent advances in the cortical topography of the temporal and parietal lobes have revealed a common organisational principle for the neural representations of semantics and numbers. We discuss their convergence and divergence through the prism of topography.

Keywords: cortical topography; multisensory integration; numerical cognition; semantic cognition.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Brain Mapping
Brain* / physiology
Cognition* / physiology
Humans
Mathematical Concepts*
Semantics*