Algebra and the adolescent brain

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 437-439

  Luna, Beatriz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENTS; LEARNING ALGEBRA; PREFRONTAL REGIONS;

ALGEBRA; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

BRAIN;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MATURATION; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SHORT SURVEY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; COGNITION; HUMANS; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; PARIETAL LOBE;

EID: 4644354411     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2004.08.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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