Neural correlates underlying mental calculation in abacus experts: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study

NeuroImage

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 296-307

  Hanakawa, Takashi ^a,b   Honda, Manabu ^a,c,d   Okada, Tomohisa ^a,c   Fukuyama, Hidenao ^a   Shibasaki, Hiroshi ^a,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CALCULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL INFORMATION; APTITUDE; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGINATION; LONG TERM MEMORY; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; APTITUDE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGINATION; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0042237890     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-8119(03)00050-8     Document Type: Article

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