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

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案旨在资助一个名为“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。该会议由斯坦尼斯拉斯·德阿纳博士和伊丽莎白·布兰农组织，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的研究人员，他们对大脑的结构以及神经科学如何揭示空间，时间和数字的表征感兴趣。会议将促进该领域前沿研究的综合，并最终出版一本书（牛津出版社）和一本同行评审的期刊特刊（认知科学或认知趋势）。会议还可能为初级研究人员提供新的合作和机会。数字、时间和空间的表征对于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”，必须先于并构成对所有对象的经验。大量的动物和人类婴儿的研究现在可以支持这一观点。总的来说，这些研究表明，表示数字、时间和空间的认知算法可能具有共同的发展和进化起源，涉及一组共同的简单运算（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是试图分离数字，空间和时间的表示之间的基本联系和分歧。对数字、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和计算建模。因此，来自不同领域的参与者，如行为学，神经生物学，神经心理学，发展心理学和计算建模被邀请发言和讨论。大约25名与会者将被邀请发言，25名将是博士后研究助理和研究生讨论者。所有参与者都将在性别和原籍国之间取得平衡。最后，10名参与者将是在广泛宣传后从公开申请中选出的学生。学生将被选中，以增加民族，种族和地理多样性。 公共卫生相关性：拟议的会议“空间，时间和数字：数学直觉的大脑基础”，将试图确定定量认知的发展和进化的基石，并侧重于行为和神经生物学证据。还将特别注意从心理健康的角度讨论定量认知功能障碍。这些发言将以编辑成册和期刊特刊的形式发表。

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.