Developmental specialization in the right intraparietal sulcus for the abstract representation of numerical magnitude

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2627-2637

  Holloway, Ian D ^a,b   Ansari, Daniel ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; SYMBOLISM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPT FORMATION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REACTION TIME; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; OXYGEN; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049444423     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2009.21399     Document Type: Article

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