A special role for numbers in working memory? An fMRI study

NeuroImage

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-14

  Knops, Andre ^a   Nuerk, Hans Christoph ^a   Fimm, Bruno ^a   Vohn, Rene ^a   Willmes, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distance effect; Interference; Magnitude; Mental number line; Number processing; Phonological code

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; BRAIN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; READING;

EID: 29244458333     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.07.009     Document Type: Article

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