2009
The Neural Development of an Abstract Concept of Number
Cantlon JF, Libertus ME, Pinel P, Dehaene S, Brannon EM, Pelphrey KA. The Neural Development of an Abstract Concept of Number. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2009, 21: 2217-2229. PMID: 19016605, PMCID: PMC2745480, DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2008.21159.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain mechanismsYears of lifeFunctional magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imagingInferior frontal cortexCore neural systemsFrontal cortexParietal cortexResonance imagingBrain regionsPrimate neurophysiologyDifferent notation systemsYoung childrenNeural developmentAdultsLiterate adultsCortexChildrenNumerical tasksNeural systemsAbstract conceptsAdditional supportAdult recruitsGreater degreeNumerical representationBrain Regions for Perceiving and Reasoning About Other People in School‐Aged Children
Saxe RR, Whitfield‐Gabrieli S, Scholz J, Pelphrey KA. Brain Regions for Perceiving and Reasoning About Other People in School‐Aged Children. Child Development 2009, 80: 1197-1209. PMID: 19630902, DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01325.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTemporo-parietal junctionPosterior superior temporal sulcusRight temporo-parietal junctionSuperior temporal sulcusMedial prefrontal cortexSchool-Aged ChildrenBiological motionTemporal sulcusCharacters' thoughtsPrefrontal cortexPeople's thoughtsMental factsPosterior cingulateBrain regionsCortical regionsYoung childrenOlder childrenSame storyThoughtPhysical contextResponse selectivityChildrenPeoplePerceivingCingulate
2008
Developmental changes in category-specific brain responses to numbers and letters in a working memory task
Libertus ME, Brannon EM, Pelphrey KA. Developmental changes in category-specific brain responses to numbers and letters in a working memory task. NeuroImage 2008, 44: 1404-1414. PMID: 19027079, PMCID: PMC2659412, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.10.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCategory-specific activationFunctional magnetic resonance imagingWM taskMemory taskBehavioral performanceBrain activityBrain regionsCategory-specific dissociationsLateral fusiform gyrusOccipital-temporal cortexBrain activity patternsEight-year-old childrenFace stimuliWM conditionCognitive abilitiesSemantic processingLanguage abilityLetter conditionFMRI resultsFusiform gyrusAbstract processingIntraparietal sulcusBrain responsesDigit conditionLinguistic abilities