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Abacus in the Brain: A Longitudinal Functional MRI Study of a Skilled Abacus User with a Right Hemispheric Lesion

The abacus, a traditional physical calculation device, is still widely used in Asian countries. Previous behavioral work has shown that skilled abacus users perform rapid and precise mental arithmetic by manipulating a mental representation of an abacus, which is based on visual imagery. However, it...

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Autores principales: Tanaka, Satoshi, Seki, Keiko, Hanakawa, Takashi, Harada, Madoka, Sugawara, Sho K., Sadato, Norihiro, Watanabe, Katsumi, Honda, Manabu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Research Foundation 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3428809/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22969743
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00315