Distinct representations of subtraction and multiplication in the neural systems for numerosity and language

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1932-1947

  Prado, Jérôme ^a   Mutreja, Rachna ^a   Zhang, Hongchuan ^a   Mehta, Rucha ^a   Desroches, Amy S ^a   Minas, Jennifer E ^a   Booth, James R ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

FMRI; Multiplication; Neural recycling; Numerosity; Subtraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION METHOD; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL PROCESSES; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053636959     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21159     Document Type: Article

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