title: Neural basis of mathematical cognition.
abstract: The human brain has remarkable capabilities for encoding and manipulating information about quantities. Understanding how the brain carries out such number and quantity processing is a problem not just for those interested in numerical cognition: it raises important questions that are relevant to understanding development, action, vision, language, executive function and cortical organisation. It is also a clear case of research into a core human psychological function having indisputable everyday relevance; hence the emphasis in early education on numeracy and later on mathematics.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL, 17 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR, UK. b.butterworth@ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Butterworth
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Walsh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008433:Mathematics; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology