Neuroscience of learning arithmetic-Evidence from brain imaging studies

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 909-925

  Zamarian, L ^a   Ischebeck, A ^b   Delazer, M ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arithmetic; Brain activation changes; Brain plasticity; Dyscalculia; Gray matter changes; Learning; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARITHMETIC; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CALCULATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LEARNING; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSCIENCE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGING; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TEACHING; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 65049084079     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2009.03.005     Document Type: Review

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