The Area Prostriata may play a role in technical reasoning

• Published in: Behavioral and brain functions Vol. 18; no. 1; p. 12
• Main Authors: Federico, Giovanni, Cavaliere, Carlo, Reynaud, Emanuelle, Salvatore, Marco, Brandimonte, Maria Antonella, Osiurak, François
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central 25-11-2022; BMC
• Subjects: Animal cognition; Brain research; Brief Report; Cerebral Cortex; Cognitive science; Gene expression; Parietal lobe; Parietal Lobe - diagnostic imaging; Problem Solving; Visual cortex; Visual Cortex - diagnostic imaging
• ISSN: 1744-9081; 1744-9081
• DOI: 10.1186/s12993-022-00200-9

Most recent research indicated how technical reasoning (TR), namely, a specific form of causal reasoning aimed at understanding the physical world, may support the development of tools and technologies of increasing complexity. We have recently identified the Area PF of the left inferior parietal lobe (PF) as a critical structural correlate of TR, as assessed by using two ad-hoc psycho-technical tests evaluating the two main aspects of TR, i.e., physical world's understanding and visuospatial imagery. Here, we extended our findings by implementing new ad-hoc analyses of our previous data by using a whole-brain approach. Results showed that the cortical thickness (CT) of the left Area Prostriata of the visual cortex, alongside the left Area PF CT, predicts TR performance.