Figure 7

Experiment 2: non-symbolic condition. (a) Topographic distribution of the average brain activity in the non-symbolic condition of Experiment 2. ERPs to numerals far from 15 (8 and 30) were subtracted from ERPs to numerals near to 15 (12 and 19). There was a strong bilateral positivity over the N1-P2p transition and the P2p time window. (b) Event-related potentials to non-symbolic stimuli in Experiment 2. Near and far distances over the left inferior parietal electrode show significant effects of distance starting at 210 ms post-stimulus. The pattern in brain response here is similar to that observed for Arabic numerals in Experiment 1 (see figure 3). (c) Mean amplitudes during the P2p time window (210–250 ms) for all four distances. The P2p amplitude decreased with increasing distance.