How number processing survives left occipito-temporal damage

Neurocase

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 271-285

  Cappelletti, M ^a   Leff, A P ^a,b   Price, C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fMRI; Left occipito temporal; Lesions; Numbers; Parietal

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NUMBER PROCESSING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; RESPONSE TIME; SEMANTICS; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COGNITION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LANGUAGE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864673778     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2011.588179     Document Type: Article

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