Algebra dissociates from arithmetic in the brain semantic network.
Dazhi ChengMengyi LiJiaxin CuiLi WangNaiyi WangLiangyuan OuyangXiaozhuang WangXuejun BaiXinlin ZhouPublished in: Behavioral and brain functions : BBF (2022)
These findings suggest that algebra relies on the semantic network and conversely, arithmetic relies on the phonological and visuospatial networks.