The neural basis of the Weber-Fechner law: a logarithmic mental number line

Trends Cogn Sci. 2003 Apr;7(4):145-147. doi: 10.1016/s1364-6613(03)00055-x.

Abstract

The recent discovery of number neurons allows for a dissection of the neuronal implementation of number representation. In a recent article, Nieder and Miller demonstrate a neural correlate of Weber's law, and thus resolve a classical debate in psychophysics: the mental number line seems to be logarithmic rather than linear.