Acalculia and dyscalculia

Neuropsychology Review

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 179-231

  Ardila, Alfredo ^a,c   Rosselli, Mónica ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acalculia; Calculation ability; Dyscalculia; Numerical knowledge

Indexed keywords

ACALCULIA; APHASIA; APRAXIA; CALCULATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL DYSCALCULIA; DYSCALCULIA; GERSTMANN SYNDROME; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SPATIAL MEMORY; SYNDROME DELINEATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HISTORY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MATHEMATICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; APHASIA; APRAXIAS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERSTMANN SYNDROME; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0036988596     PISSN: 10407308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021343508573     Document Type: Review

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