Specialization in the human brain: The case of numbers

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JULY, 2011, Pages

  Kadosh, Roi Cohen ^a   Bahrami, Bahador ^b,c   Walsh, Vincent ^b   Butterworth, Brian ^b   Popescu, Tudor ^a   Price, Cathy J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Cortical specialization; Effective connectivity; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Numbers; Parietal lobes

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SPECIALIZATION; CAUSAL MODELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 82955167964     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2011.00062     Document Type: Article

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