Structural changes in left fusiform areas and associated fiber connections in children with abacus training: Evidence from morphometry and tractography

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUN, 2013, Pages

  Li, Yongxin ^a   Wang, Yunqi ^a,b   Hu, Yuzheng ^a   Liang, Yurong ^c   Chen, Feiyan ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Heilongjiang Abacus Association   (China)

Author keywords

Abacus training; Children; Fiber tracking; Fusiform gyrus; Inverse effect; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ABACUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CALCULATOR; CHILD; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FUSIFORM GYRUS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NORMAL HUMAN; PROBABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84933674397     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00335     Document Type: Article

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