Cognitive and metacognitive activity in mathematical problem solving: Prefrontal and parietal patterns

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-67

  Anderson, John R ^a   Betts, Shawn ^a   Ferris, Jennifer L ^a   Fincham, Jon M ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Metacognition; Numerical cognition; Parietal cortex; Prefrontal cortex; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HAND; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953177458     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-010-0011-0     Document Type: Article

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