Publications by authors named "Tamar Furman"
Article Synopsis
- Recent research reveals that symbolic (numbers) and nonsymbolic (quantities) numerical processing are separate but occur in overlapping brain areas, particularly the parietal cortex.
- Despite using similar brain regions and timing, symbolic processing (above 50 Hz) and nonsymbolic processing (12-17 Hz) operate through different frequency ranges in brain oscillatory activity.
- EEG studies show that more challenging symbolic comparisons produce higher gamma-band power, while more complex nonsymbolic comparisons result in larger beta-band power, highlighting distinct processing mechanisms for each type of numerical information.
Symbolic and non symbolic numerical representation in adults with and without developmental dyscalculia.
Behav Brain Funct
November 2012
Background: The question whether Developmental Dyscalculia (DD; a deficit in the ability to process numerical information) is the result of deficiencies in the non symbolic numerical representation system (e.g., a group of dots) or in the symbolic numerical representation system (e.
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