Tangram solved? Prefrontal cortex activation analysis during geometric problem solving

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 4724-4727

  Ayaz, Hasan ^a   Shewokis, Patricia A ^a   Izzetoǧlu, Meltem ^a   Çakir, Murat P ^b   Onaral, Banu ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION CHANGE; CONTROL TASK; CORTICAL ACTIVATION; EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS; FUNCTIONAL NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GEOMETRIC PROBLEMS; GEOMETRIC SHAPE; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; HEMODYNAMIC CHANGES; LINGUISTIC REPRESENTATIONS; MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM SOLVING; MATHEMATICAL REASONING; MENTAL ARITHMETIC; NEURAL CORRELATE; OPTICAL BRAIN IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RIGHT HEMISPHERES;

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROIMAGING;

GEOMETRY;

ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BRAIN MAPPING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84870856697     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6347022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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