The neural development of an abstract concept of number

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2217-2229

  Cantlon, Jessica F ^a,b   Libertus, Melissa E ^a   Pinel, Philippe ^c,d,e   Dehaene, Stanislas ^c,d,e,f   Brannon, Elizabeth M ^a   Pelphrey, Kevin A ^g  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d DIF   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^f l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349251938     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2008.21159     Document Type: Article

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