The differential role of verbal and spatial working memory in the neural basis of arithmetic

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 440-458

  Demir, Özlem Ece ^a   Prado, Jérôme ^b   Booth, James R ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 84906549624     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87565641.2014.939182     Document Type: Article

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