Journal article
The Differential Role of Verbal and Spatial Working Memory in the Neural Basis of Arithmetic
Developmental neuropsychology, Vol.39(6), pp.440-458
01/01/2014
DOI: 10.1080/87565641.2014.939182
PMCID: PMC4142562
PMID: 25144257
Abstract
We examine the relations of verbal and spatial working memory (WM) ability to the neural bases of arithmetic in school-age children. We independently localize brain regions subserving verbal versus spatial representations. For multiplication, higher verbal WM ability is associated with greater recruitment of the left temporal cortex, identified by the verbal localizer. For multiplication and subtraction, higher spatial WM ability is associated with greater recruitment of right parietal cortex, identified by the spatial localizer. Depending on their WM ability, children engage different neural systems that manipulate different representations to solve arithmetic problems.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Differential Role of Verbal and Spatial Working Memory in the Neural Basis of Arithmetic
- Creators
- Özlem Ece DemirJEROME PRADO - Institut des Sciences cognitives Marc Jeannerod - Laboratoire sur le langage, le cerveau et la cognitionJames R Booth
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Developmental neuropsychology, Vol.39(6), pp.440-458
- DOI
- 10.1080/87565641.2014.939182
- PMID
- 25144257
- PMCID
- PMC4142562
- NLM abbreviation
- Dev Neuropsychol
- ISSN
- 8756-5641
- eISSN
- 1532-6942
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2014
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9984002317602771
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