Hierarchical representations of relative numerical magnitudes in the human frontoparietal cortex

Our brains detect and analyze myriad features of the world, and we all know that it does much of this work automatically. One thing it can do, seemingly without effort, is detect how many things are in a set or collection. (This isn’t counting, which is different.) The ability is called “numerical competence” and is … Continue reading Hierarchical representations of relative numerical magnitudes in the human frontoparietal cortex