Fact learning in complex arithmetic and figural-spatial tasks: The role of the angular gyrus and its relation to mathematical competence

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2936-2952

  Grabner, Roland H ^a   Ischebeck, Anja ^b   Reishofer, Gernot ^c   Koschutnig, Karl ^c   Delazer, Margarete ^d   Ebner, Franz ^c   Neuper, Christa ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Individual differences; Learning; Mathematical cognition; Parietal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGULAR GYRUS; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249146139     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20720     Document Type: Article

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