Neural mechanisms underlying the computation of hierarchical tree structures in mathematics

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Nakai, Tomoya ^a,b   Sakai, Kuniyoshi L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEGREE OF MERGER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIERARCHICAL TREE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MENTAL ARITHMETIC; MENTAL FUNCTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRECUNEUS; RESPONSE TIME; SUPRAMARGINAL GYRUS; ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; MATHEMATICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84915797229     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111439     Document Type: Article

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