OHSU study in neurosurgery patients reveals numerical concepts are processed deep in ancient part of brain

Thinking about numbers activates area of brain tied to basic functions — important insight for learning, neurological procedures, authors reveal

By Erik Robinson December 03, 2024 Portland, Oregon

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Ahmed Raslan, M.D. (OHSU)

Ahmed Raslan, M.D., professor of neurological surgery in the OHSU School of Medicine.

OHSU study reveals numerical concepts are processed deep in ancient part of brain

New research from Ahmed Raslan, M.D., and OHSU finds people’s ability to process numbers resides in a portion of the brain that developed in the earliest stages of human evolution. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)