Differential contributions of the left and right inferior parietal lobules to number processing

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 617-630

  Chochon, F ^a   Cohen, L ^b   Van De Moortele, P F ^a   Dehaene, Stanislas ^a,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c DIF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0032716520     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089892999563689     Document Type: Article

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