Diagnosing developmental dyscalculia on the basis of reliable single case FMRI methods: Promises and limitations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Dinkel, Philipp Johannes ^a   Willmes, Klaus ^a   Krinzinger, Helga ^a   Konrad, Kerstin ^a,b   Koten Jr , Jan Willem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANGULAR GYRUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CALCULATION; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL DYSCALCULIA; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; DYSCALCULIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; MALE; PARIETO-OCCIPITAL SULCUS; RESPONSE TIME; STRIATE CORTEX; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; SUPRAMARGINAL GYRUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

CHILD; DYSCALCULIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84891918244     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083722     Document Type: Article

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