Space, Time and Number: The cerebral basis of mathematical intuitions

空间、时间和数字：数学直觉的大脑基础

• 批准号: 7916067
• 负责人: ELIZABETH M BRANNON
• 金额: $ 0.9万
• 依托单位: DUKE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-06-18 至 2011-06-17
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7916067
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal is for funding to contribute towards an Attention and Performance meeting titled, "Space, Time and Number: The Cerebral Basis of Mathematical Intuitions. The meeting, organized by Dr.s Stanislas Dehaene and Elizabeth Brannon, will take place outside Paris in July of 2010. The objective of the meeting is to bring together researchers from around the world interested in the brain's architecture and how neuroscience can shed light on the representation of space, time and number. The meeting will foster a synthesis of cutting edge research in this area and culminate in a published volume (Oxford Press) and peer reviewed special edition of a journal (Trends in Cognitive Sciences or Cognition). The meeting is also likely to facilitate new collaborations and opportunities for junior researchers. The representations of number, time, and space are critical for most organisms' survival. Indeed, according to Immanuel Kant they represent "pure intuitions" that must precede and structure the experience of all objects. Considerable research with animals and human infants is now available to support this point of view. Collectively such research suggests that the cognitive algorithms for representing number, time, and space may have common developmental and evolutionary origins, involve a common set of basic computational algorithms for simple operations (such as addition), and perhaps even share brain circuitry. An important goal of this meeting will be to attempt to isolate the fundamental connections and divergences between the representation of number, space, and time. The study of number, space, and time is almost unparalleled in its multi-disciplinarity. It involves studying human cognitive development, adult cognition, nonhuman animals, behavioral and brain-based approaches and computational modeling. As such participants from diverse fields such as ethology, neurobiology, neuropsychology, developmental psychology, and computational modeling are invited to speak and discuss. Approximately 25 of the attendees will be invited speakers and 25 will be postdoctoral research associates and graduate students discussants. All participants will be chosen to balance gender and country of origin. Finally, 10 of the participants will be students chosen from open applications after widespread advertising. Students will be selected to increase ethnic, racial, and geographic diversity. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The proposed meeting on "Space, Time and Number: The Cerebral Basis of Mathematical Intuitions," will attempt to identify the developmental and evolutionary building blocks of quantitative cognition and focus on both behavioral and neurobiological evidence. Special attention will also be paid to discussing dysfunctions in quantitative cognition from a mental health perspective. The presentations will be published in an edited volume and special issue of a journal.

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案旨在为题为“空间、时间和数字：数学直觉的大脑基础”的注意力和表现会议提供资金。这次会议由Stanislas Dehaene博士和Elizabeth Brannon博士组织，将于2010年7月在巴黎郊外举行。会议的目的是汇集来自世界各地对大脑结构感兴趣的研究人员，以及神经科学如何揭示空间、时间和数字的表征。会议将促进这一领域前沿研究的综合，并最终出版一卷（牛津出版社）和同行评议的期刊特别版（认知科学趋势或认知）。这次会议还可能促进新的合作，为初级研究人员提供机会。数量、时间和空间的表征对大多数生物的生存至关重要。事实上，根据伊曼努尔·康德的说法，它们代表了“纯粹的直觉”，这种直觉必须先于所有对象的经验，并构成所有对象的经验。对动物和人类婴儿的大量研究现在可以支持这一观点。总的来说，这些研究表明，表示数、时间和空间的认知算法可能有共同的发展和进化起源，涉及一套共同的简单运算（如加法）的基本计算算法，甚至可能共享大脑回路。这次会议的一个重要目标将是试图隔离数字、空间和时间的表示之间的基本联系和分歧。对数、空间和时间的研究在其多学科性方面几乎是无与伦比的。它涉及研究人类认知发展、成人认知、非人类动物、行为和基于大脑的方法以及计算建模。因此，来自行为学、神经生物学、神经心理学、发展心理学和计算建模等不同领域的参与者被邀请发言和讨论。大约25名与会者将被邀请演讲，25名将是博士后研究助理和研究生讨论者。所有参与者的选择都将平衡性别和原籍国。最后，10名参与者将是经过广泛宣传后从公开申请中选出的学生。学生的选择将增加民族、种族和地域的多样性。