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The discussion of methodological limitations in number representation studies is incomplete

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 August 2009

Guy A. Orban
Guy A. Orban
Affiliation:
Laboratorium voor Neuro- en Psycho-fysiologie, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Medical School, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. [email protected]
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Abstract

Cohen Kadosh & Walsh (CK&W) discuss the limitations of the behavioral, imaging, and single-cell studies related to number representation in human parietal cortex. The limitations of the imaging studies are grossly underestimated, particularly those using adaptation paradigms, and the problem of establishing a link between single-cell studies and imaging is not even addressed. Monkey functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), however, provides a solution to these problems.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 32 , Issue 3-4 , August 2009 , pp. 345
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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