Number processing pathways in human parietal cortex

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-88

  Santens, Seppe ^a   Roggeman, Chantal ^a   Fias, Wim ^a   Verguts, Tom ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

FMRI; Nonsymbolic; Numerical cognition; Numerical processing; Symbolic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARIETAL LOBE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72049112608     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhp080     Document Type: Article

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