Genetic and environmental contributions to brain activation during calculation

NeuroImage

Volumn 81, Issue , 2013, Pages 306-316

  Pinel, Philippe ^a,b,c,d   Dehaene, Stanislas ^a,b,c,d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie   (France)

Author keywords

Calculation; FMRI; Genetic; Heritability; Twin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; MALE; MENTAL ARITHMETIC; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; TASK PERFORMANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTELLIGENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878742509     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.04.118     Document Type: Article

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