The neural network of spatial cognition and its modulation by biological and environmental factors

Journal of Individual Differences

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 83-90

  Jordan, K ^a   Wüstenberg, Torsten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological and environmental factors; FMRI; Neural networks; Spatial cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953709878     PISSN: 16140001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1614-0001/a000015     Document Type: Article

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