The neural correlates of calculation ability in children: an fMRI study

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1187-1197

  Davis, Nicole ^a,b   Cannistraci, Christopher J ^b   Rogers, Baxter P ^b,c,d   Gatenby, J Christopher ^b,d   Fuchs, Lynn S ^a,e   Anderson, Adam W ^a,b,c,d   Gore, John C ^a,b,c,d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arithmetic; fMRI; Mathematical skill; Numerical processing; School age

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CALCULATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL TASK; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 70349811317     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2009.05.010     Document Type: Article

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