Laterality of brain areas associated with arithmetic calculations revealed by functional magnetic resonance imaging

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 633-638

  Zhang, Yun Ting ^a   Zhang, Quan ^a   Zhang, Jing ^a   Li, Wei ^a  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arithmetic calculation; Cerebral cortex; Cognition; Functional; Laterality; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE;

BRAIN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 17844381346     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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