Conceptual obstacles to the existence of an innate sense of number in the brain.

IF 2.9 2区医学 Q2 NEUROSCIENCES

Cerebral cortex Pub Date : 2025-02-05 DOI:10.1093/cercor/bhaf017

César Frederico Dos Santos

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Abstract

I contend that the paper by Lorenzi et al. (2025) fails to establish the existence of an innate sense of number in the brain, as it conflates the terms "number" and "numerosity." While "numerosity" refers to the magnitude, "number" refers to the scale used by numerate humans to measure this magnitude. Since they do not provide evidence that the numerical scale is innately present in the brain, the behavioral and neural findings they present, at best, support the existence of a cerebral mechanism sensitive to numerosities.

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Cerebral cortex 医学-神经科学

CiteScore

6.30

自引率

8.10%

发文量

510

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Cerebral Cortex publishes papers on the development, organization, plasticity, and function of the cerebral cortex, including the hippocampus. Studies with clear relevance to the cerebral cortex, such as the thalamocortical relationship or cortico-subcortical interactions, are also included. The journal is multidisciplinary and covers the large variety of modern neurobiological and neuropsychological techniques, including anatomy, biochemistry, molecular neurobiology, electrophysiology, behavior, artificial intelligence, and theoretical modeling. In addition to research articles, special features such as brief reviews, book reviews, and commentaries are included.