Stable Boolean rule learning: An fMRI investigation

摘要：

To explore brain areas involved in Boolean arithmetical computation, functional magnetic imaging (fMRI) was performed on college students during performance of Boolean calculation tasks. For the Boolean arithmetical problems relative to numberprocessing tasks, results for all -twelve subjects revealed bilateral activation in occipital cortex (areas 17 and 18), frontal cortex (areas 6, 8, 9 and 46), and sub-lobar areas. Other simultaneously activated regions included the left inferior parietal lobule, postcentral gyrus and superior parietal lobule. Areas activated by the Boolean mathematical problems associative with the number-processing in fronto-parieto-occipital network. These results confirm some existing hypotheses regarding the cortical network of arithmetic processing, invite acquisition of complex mental problems, and suggest basal role for complex mathematics.

关键词： number-processing mathematics Boolean rules parietal lobe frontal cortex

作者: Xiuzhen Wang Ning Zhong Shengfu Lu Shulei Lang Hongxia Wang

作者单位: The International WIC Institute, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100022, China Harbin Norm The International WIC Institute, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100022, China Department The International WIC Institute, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100022, China Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150301, China

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: The 2nd IEEE International Conference on Advanced Computer Control(第二届先进计算机控制国际会议 ICACC 2010)

会议地点: 沈阳

会议语种:英文

页码: 598-602

在线出版日期: 2010-03-27（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）