Neural correlates of symbolic number comparison in developmental dyscalculia

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 860-874

  Mussolin, Christophe ^a   De Volder, Anne ^b   Grandin, Cécile ^b   Schlögel, Xavier ^b   Nassogne, Marie Cécile ^b   Noël, Marie Pascale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Louvain School of Medicine   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL DYSCALCULIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MENTAL FUNCTION; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMBOLISM; WORKING MEMORY;

BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; COLOR PERCEPTION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 77952053287     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2009.21237     Document Type: Article

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