Neural correlates of the numerical distance effect in children

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Mussolin, Christophe ^a   Noël, Marie Pascale ^b   Pesenti, Mauro ^b,c   Grandin, Cécile ^c   De Volder, Anne G ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^d CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Children; Development; Frontal cortex; Intraparietal sulcus; Number magnitude

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896398071     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00663     Document Type: Article

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