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@article{citeulike:1869121, abstract = {Part of human cortex is specialized for cultural domains such as reading and arithmetic, whose invention is too recent to have influenced the evolution of our species. Representations of letter strings and of numbers occupy reproducible locations within large-scale macromaps, respectively in the left occipito-temporal and bilateral intraparietal cortex. Furthermore, recent fMRI studies reveal a systematic architecture within these areas. To explain this paradoxical cerebral invariance of cultural maps, we propose a neuronal recycling hypothesis, according to which cultural inventions invade evolutionarily older brain circuits and inherit many of their structural constraints.}, address = {INSERM, Cognitive Neuro-imaging Unit, IFR 49, Gif sur Yvette, France; CEA, NeuroSpin center, IFR 49, Gif sur Yvette, France; Coll\`{e}ge de France, Paris, France; Univ Paris-Sud, IFR 49, F-91191 Gif/Yvette, France.}, author = {Dehaene, S. and Cohen, L.}, citeulike-article-id = {1869121}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2007.10.004}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17964253}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=17964253}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WSS-4PYY823-J/2/8bd66e1f507527ce0a83d8a72dbbf8ea}, day = {25}, doi = {10.1016/j.neuron.2007.10.004}, issn = {0896-6273}, journal = {Neuron}, keywords = {culture, enumeration, fmri, theory}, month = {October}, number = {2}, pages = {384--398}, posted-at = {2007-12-08 05:36:36}, priority = {3}, title = {Cultural recycling of cortical maps.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2007.10.004}, volume = {56}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1869121 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1869121 N2 - Part of human cortex is specialized for cultural domains such as reading and arithmetic, whose invention is too recent to have influenced the evolution of our species. Representations of letter strings and of numbers occupy reproducible locations within large-scale macromaps, respectively in the left occipito-temporal and bilateral intraparietal cortex. Furthermore, recent fMRI studies reveal a systematic architecture within these areas. To explain this paradoxical cerebral invariance of cultural maps, we propose a neuronal recycling hypothesis, according to which cultural inventions invade evolutionarily older brain circuits and inherit many of their structural constraints. IS - 2 JF - Neuron SN - 0896-6273 AD - INSERM, Cognitive Neuro-imaging Unit, IFR 49, Gif sur Yvette, France; CEA, NeuroSpin center, IFR 49, Gif sur Yvette, France; Collège de France, Paris, France; Univ Paris-Sud, IFR 49, F-91191 Gif/Yvette, France. EP - 398 TI - Cultural recycling of cortical maps. VL - 56 SP - 384 KW - culture KW - enumeration KW - fmri KW - theory AU - Dehaene, S AU - Cohen, L PY - 2007/10/25/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2007.10.004 ER -