Title
Common and dissociable neural correlates associated with component processes of inductive reasoning.
Abstract
The ability to draw numerical inductive reasoning requires two key cognitive processes, identification and extrapolation. This study aimed to identify the neural correlates of both component processes of numerical inductive reasoning using event-related fMRI. Three kinds of tasks: rule induction (RI), rule induction and application (RIA), and perceptual judgment (Jud) were solved by twenty right-handed adults. Our results found that the left superior parietal lobule (SPL) extending into the precuneus and left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) were commonly recruited in the two components. It was also observed that the fronto-parietal network was more specific to identification, whereas the striatal–thalamic network was more specific to extrapolation. The findings suggest that numerical inductive reasoning is mediated by the coordination of multiple brain areas including the prefrontal, parietal, and subcortical regions, of which some are more specific to demands on only one of these two component processes, whereas others are sensitive to both.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.03.020
NeuroImage
Keywords
Field
DocType
inductive reasoning,cognitive process
Brain mapping,Inductive reasoning,Developmental psychology,Neural correlates of consciousness,Precuneus,Left superior parietal lobule,Cognitive psychology,Psychology,Rule induction,Cognition,Perception
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
56
4
1053-8119
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
10
0.76
6
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Xiuqin Jia1111.79
Peipeng Liang27410.40
Jie Lu3516.19
Yan-hui Yang4283.81
Ning Zhong52907300.63
Kun-cheng Li639940.88