Abacus in the brain: A longitudinal functional MRI study of a skilled abacus user with a right hemispheric lesion

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue AUG, 2012, Pages

  Tanaka, Satoshi ^a   Seki, Keiko ^b   Hanakawa, Takashi ^c   Harada, Madoka ^d   Sugawara, Sho K ^e,f   Sadato, Norihiro ^e,f   Watanabe, Katsumi ^g   Honda, Manabu ^c  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^d Eisei Hospital   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^f GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acalculia; Arithmetic; Calculation; Expertise; Imagery; Memory; Plasticity; Stroke

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867081357     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00315     Document Type: Article

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