Is 2 + 2 = 4? Meta-analyses of brain areas needed for numbers and calculations
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Summary
Using quantitative meta-analyses of fMRI studies, an updated topographical brain atlas of mental arithmetic with improved interpretative power is proposed, identifying brain regions concordant among studies that used number and calculation tasks.
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- review
- Published
- 2011-02-01
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- 767
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Keywords
Inferior parietal lobule, Set (abstract data type), Cognitive psychology, Psychology, Mental arithmetic
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