Learning complex arithmetic - An fMRI study

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 76-88

  Delazer, M ^a   Domahs, F ^a   Bartha, L ^a   Brenneis, C ^a   Lochy, A ^b   Trieb, T ^c   Benke, T ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c Universitäts Klinik für Radiologie II   (Austria)

Author keywords

Angular gyrus; Arithmetic; fMRI; Learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CINGULATE GYRUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; LEARNING; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MENTAL TASK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0344628602     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogbrainres.2003.09.005     Document Type: Article

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