Mental number line training in children with developmental dyscalculia

NeuroImage

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 782-795

  Kucian, K ^a   Grond, U ^a   Rotzer, S ^a   Henzi, B ^a   Schonmann C ^a   Plangger, F ^a   Galli M ^b   Martin, E ^a,c   von Aster, M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Methods in Action GmbH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d German Red Cross Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calculation; Cognitive dysfunction; FMRI; Intervention; Learning; Spatial representation

Indexed keywords

ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL DYSCALCULIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHOOL CHILD; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; WORKING MEMORY;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; REMEDIAL TEACHING;

EID: 79959743037     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.01.070     Document Type: Article

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