Numerical and non-numerical ordinality processing in children with and without developmental dyscalculia: Evidence from fMRI

Cognitive Development

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 486-494

  Kaufmann, L ^a,b   Vogel, S E ^b,c   Starke, M ^a,c   Kremser, C ^b   Schocke, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

fMRI; Intraparietal sulcus; Number processing; Ordinality; Supramarginal gyrus

Indexed keywords

EID: 69349090852     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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