White matter microstructure correlates of mathematical giftedness and intelligence quotient

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2619-2631

  Navas Sánchez, Francisco J ^a,b   Alemán Gómez, Yasser ^a,b   Sánchez Gonzalez, Javier ^c   Guzmán De Villoria, Juan A ^a   Franco, Carolina ^a   Robles, Olalla ^a,d   Arango, Celso ^a,b   Desco, Manuel ^a,b,e  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d Centro De Referencia Estatal De Atención Al Daño Cerebral CEADAC   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Corpus callosum; DTI; Fractional anisotropy; Fronto parietal; Intelligence; IQ; Mathematical giftedness; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; CHILD; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GIFTED CHILD; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE TRACT; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, GIFTED; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84899064519     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22355     Document Type: Article

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