The magnitude representation of small and large symbolic numbers in the left and right hemisphere: An event-related fMRI study

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 622-630

  Notebaert, Karolien ^a   Nelis, Sabine ^a   Reynvoet, Bert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; VESTIBULAR NYSTAGMUS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 78650317856     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2010.21445     Document Type: Article

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