Individual differences in mathematical competence predict parietal brain activation during mental calculation

NeuroImage

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 346-356

  Grabner, Roland H ^a,b,c   Ansari, Daniel ^d   Reishofer, Gernot ^a   Stern, Elsbeth ^c   Ebner, Franz ^a   Neuper, Christa ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angular gyrus; Arithmetic; Individual differences; Intelligence; Mathematical competence; Parietal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PARIETAL LOBE; PERSONALITY;

EID: 34948869283     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.07.041     Document Type: Article

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