Numerical magnitude in the human parietal lobe: Tests of representational generality and domain specificity

Neuron

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 557-569

  Shuman, Miles ^a,b   Kanwisher, Nancy ^b,c,d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBOLISM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 7044249583     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2004.10.008     Document Type: Article

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