Thought Beyond Language: Neural Dissociation of Algebra and Natural Language

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 914-922

  Monti, Martin M ^a   Parsons, Lawrence M ^b   Osherson, Daniel N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive neuroscience; language; neuroimaging; thinking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE; THINKING;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PARIETAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THINKING;

EID: 84865050403     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612437427     Document Type: Article

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