A neural disconnection hypothesis on impaired numerical processing

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Klein, Elise ^a,b   Moeller, Korbinian ^a   Willmes, Klaus ^b  

^a KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arithmetic fact retrieval; Disconnection syndromes; Mental arithmetic; Numerical cognition; Processing pathways

Indexed keywords

ACALCULIA; ANGULAR GYRUS; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DAMAGE; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXTERNAL CAPSULE; EXTREME CAPSULE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROBLEM SOLVING; RECALL; SUPRAMARGINAL GYRUS; SUPRASYLVIAN GYRUS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER LESION;

EID: 84888115386     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00663     Document Type: Article

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