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sulcus
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sulcus [′səl·kəs]
(zoology)
A furrow or groove, especially one on the surface of the cerebrum.
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The study, conducted by researchers Simon Jacob, MD, and Andreas Nieder, PhD, at the University of TE-bingen in Germany, has shown that cells in the intraparietal sulcus (IPS) and the prefrontal cortex - brain regions important for processing whole numbers - are tuned to respond to particular fractions.
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Previous research had shown that an innate sense of numbers is entirely controlled by a non-verbal region of the brain called the intraparietal sulcus.
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Also activated were mesial premotor regions and bilateral superior posterior parietal cortex along the intraparietal sulcus.
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