Non-symbolic numerical distance effect in children with and without developmental dyscalculia: A parametric fMRI study

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 741-762

  Kucian, Karin ^a   Loenneker, Thomas ^a   Martin, Ernst ^a,b   Von Aster, Michael ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c German Red Cross Hospitals Westend   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DYSCALCULIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; SWITZERLAND; VISION;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DYSCALCULIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; SWITZERLAND; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79960519122     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87565641.2010.549867     Document Type: Article

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