Comparison of quantities: Core and format-dependent regions as revealed by fMRI

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1420-1430

  Chassy, Philippe ^a   Grodd, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

IPS; mathematical cognition; number; visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION METHOD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SYMBOLISM;

ADULT; COGNITION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861548971     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhr219     Document Type: Article

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