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Tsouli A, Harvey BM, Hofstetter S, et al. The role of neural tuning in quantity perception. Trends Cogn Sci. 2021;doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2021.10.004.
Tsouli, A., Harvey, B. M., Hofstetter, S., Cai, Y., van der Smagt, M. J., Te Pas, S. F., & Dumoulin, S. O. (2021). The role of neural tuning in quantity perception. Trends in cognitive sciences, . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2021.10.004
Tsouli, Andromachi, et al. "The role of neural tuning in quantity perception." Trends in cognitive sciences vol. (2021). doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2021.10.004
Tsouli A, Harvey BM, Hofstetter S, Cai Y, van der Smagt MJ, Te Pas SF, Dumoulin SO. The role of neural tuning in quantity perception. Trends Cogn Sci. 2021 Oct 23; doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2021.10.004. Epub 2021 Oct 23. PMID: 34702662.
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Trends Cogn Sci. 2021 Oct 23; doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2021.10.004. Epub 2021 Oct 23.

The role of neural tuning in quantity perception.

Trends in cognitive sciences

Andromachi Tsouli, Ben M Harvey, Shir Hofstetter, Yuxuan Cai, Maarten J van der Smagt, Susan F Te Pas, Serge O Dumoulin

Affiliations

  1. Department of Experimental Psychology, Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
  2. The Spinoza Centre for Neuroimaging, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  3. The Spinoza Centre for Neuroimaging, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  4. Department of Experimental Psychology, Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands; The Spinoza Centre for Neuroimaging, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 34702662 DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2021.10.004

Abstract

Perception of quantities, such as numerosity, timing, and size, is essential for behavior and cognition. Accumulating evidence demonstrates neurons processing quantities are tuned, that is, have a preferred quantity amount, not only for numerosity, but also other quantity dimensions and sensory modalities. We argue that quantity-tuned neurons are fundamental to understanding quantity perception. We illustrate how the properties of quantity-tuned neurons can underlie a range of perceptual phenomena. Furthermore, quantity-tuned neurons are organized in distinct but overlapping topographic maps. We suggest that this overlap in tuning provides the neural basis for perceptual interactions between different quantities, without the need for a common neural representational code.

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Keywords: Weber law; brain and behavior; numerosity; receptive fields; subitizing; topographic maps

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Declaration of interests No interests are declared.

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