Tuning to non-symbolic proportions in the human frontoparietal cortex

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1432-1442

  Jacob, Simon N ^a   Nieder, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

FMRI adaptation; Human cerebral cortex; Intraparietal sulcus; Numerosity; Proportions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; CELL POPULATION; COGNITION; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350445130     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06932.x     Document Type: Article

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