Neural correlates of serial abacus mental calculation in children: A functional MRI study

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 403, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 46-51

  Chen, Feiyan ^a   Hu, Zhenghui ^c   Zhao, Xiaohu ^a,b   Wang, Rui ^a   Yang, Zhenyan ^b   Wang, Xiaolu ^a   Tang, Xiaowei ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Abacus mental calculation; fMRI; Imaginary abacus; Neural correlate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTION TEST; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGINATION; LATERAL PREMOTOR CORTEX; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SERIAL ABACUS MENTAL CALCULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 33745485675     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.04.041     Document Type: Article

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