Neural substrates for forward and backward recitation of numbers and the alphabet: A close examination of the role of intraparietal sulcus and perisylvian areas

Brain Research

Volumn 1099, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 109-120

  Zhou, Xinlin ^a   Chen, Chuansheng ^b   Zhang, Hongchuan ^a   Xue, Gui ^c   Dong, Qi ^a   Jin, Zhen ^d   Zhang, Lei ^d   Peng, Chunyan ^a   Zhao, Hui ^a   Guo, Yi ^a   Jiang, Ting ^a   Chen, Chunhui ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d 306 HOSPITAL OF PLA   (China)

Author keywords

Alphabet recitation; Intraparietal sulcus; Neural substrate; Number sequence recitation; Numerical cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRASYLVIAN GYRUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 33746052884     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.01.133     Document Type: Article

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