Human Brain Has a 'Map' for Perceiving Numbers

The human brain has a map for perceiving numbers, large and small, just like the sixth sense, reveals a new research.

The human brain has a "map" for perceiving numbers, large and small, just like the sixth sense, reveals a new research.

While it a well known fact that human brain has topographical maps for the primary senses, such as sight, hearing and touch, for the first time a map for numerosity, or number sense has been discovered, according to Live Science.

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Studies conducted in monkeys found that certain neurons in the parietal cortex became active when the animals viewed a specific number of items, but they did not find a map for numerosity.

Andreas Nieder, a neurobiologist at the University of Tubingen in Germany, said that while many laboratories have been investigating this idea intensively, Ben Harvey, a neuroscientist at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, succeeded in convincingly demonstrating a map of numerical quantity in the human brain.

The research also found that just like sensory systems higher cognitive functions might rely on the same organization principles.

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The study is published in the journal Science.

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