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A common right fronto-parietal network for numerosity and duration processing: an fMRI study.

Valérie Dormal¹, Giulia Dormal, Frédéric Joassin

¹Centre de Neurosciences Système et Cognition, Institut de Recherche en Sciences Psychologiques, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

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Summary

This study reveals a common right-lateralized fronto-parietal network, including the intraparietal sulcus (IPS), for processing both numerical quantity (numerosity) and time (duration). These brain regions are crucial for magnitude estimation.

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Neuroscience
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Psychology

Background:

Numerosity and duration processing share functional models, often conceptualized as accumulator mechanisms.
Previous research indicates overlapping parietal and frontal brain activations for both processes.
The specific neural implementation of these accumulator models remains underexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the common neural correlates of numerosity and duration categorization using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
To elucidate the precise cerebral implementation of the accumulator model for magnitude processing.

Main Methods:

Participants performed tasks involving the categorization of dot sequence numerosity or single dot display duration.
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was employed to capture brain activity during these tasks.
Psychophysiological interaction (PPI) analyses were conducted to assess functional connectivity.

Main Results:

A significant right-lateralized fronto-parietal network, including the intraparietal sulcus (IPS) and frontal gyri, showed activation for both numerosity and duration processing.
Functional connectivity analyses revealed shared right IPS-frontal connections across both tasks.
Task-specific connectivity was observed between the right IPS and bilateral IPS/right precentral areas during numerosity categorization.

Conclusions:

The right intraparietal sulcus (IPS) likely supports a shared magnitude processing system for both numerical quantity and duration, potentially representing encoding and accumulation stages.
Frontal areas are implicated in later stages, such as working memory and decision-making.
This study provides neurobiological evidence for a unified magnitude processing system within the brain.