The processing and representation of fractions within the brain. An fMRI investigation

NeuroImage

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 403-413

  Ischebeck, Anja ^a,b   Schocke, Michael ^b   Delazer, Margarete ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Distance effect; Fraction comparison; Intraparietal sulcus; Number processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

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

EID: 67349256836     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.03.041     Document Type: Article

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