Double dissociation of format-dependent and number-specific neurons in human parietal cortex

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2166-2171

  Kadosh, Roi Cohen ^a   Muggleton, Neil ^b   Silvanto, Juha ^c   Walsh, Vincent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

brain stimulation; neuronal specialization; numerical cognition; parietal lobes; representation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; FEMALE; FORMAT DEPENDENT NEURON; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL; NUMBER SPECIFIC NEURON; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION ADAPTATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEURONS; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955944527     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhp273     Document Type: Article

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