Abstract
In a functional magnetic resonance imaging study, we investigated how people solve mathematically equivalent problems presented in two alternative formats: verbal, story format or symbolic, equation format. Although representation format had no effect on behavior, anterior prefrontal activation was greater in the story condition and posterior parietal activation was greater in the equation condition. These results show that there exist alternative neural pathways that implement different and yet equally efficient problem-solving strategies.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1193-1194 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Nature Neuroscience |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 2004 |
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Behavioral equivalence, but not neural equivalence - Neural evidence of alternative strategies in mathematical thinking. / Sohn, Myeong Ho; Goode, Adam; Koedinger, Kenneth R.; Stenger, V. Andrew; Fissell, Kate; Carter, Cameron S; Anderson, John R.
In: Nature Neuroscience, Vol. 7, No. 11, 11.2004, p. 1193-1194.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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