Brain activation during mental rotation in school children and adults

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 675-686

  Kucian, K ^a   Von Aster, M ^b,c   Loenneker, T ^a,b   Dietrich, T ^a   Mast, F W ^d   Martin, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c St Joseph Hospital   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain function; Children; Cognitive development; fMRI; Gender differences; Intraparietal sulcus (IPS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL ROTATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; REACTION TIME; ROTATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 34247490626     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-006-0604-5     Document Type: Article

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