The exact vs. approximate distinction in numerical cognition may not be exact, but only approximate: How different processes work together in multi-digit addition

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 369-381

  Klein, Elise ^a,b   Nuerk, Hans Christoph ^c   Wood, Guilherme ^c   Knops, Andre ^a,b   Willmes, Klaus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Addition; Arithmetic; Calculation; Exact vs. approximate processing; fMRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COGNITION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59349103725     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2008.08.031     Document Type: Article

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