Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10466992 | Neuropsychologia | 2007 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
Our data revealed that children with VCFS had preserved number reading abilities and preserved retrieval of arithmetic facts, both of which indicate that the verbal subsystem is not impaired in VCFS. By contrast, children with VCFS showed difficulties in number comparison, the execution of a calculation strategy and word problem solving, all of which involve the semantic manipulation of quantities. This provides evidence for a specific deficit in the quantity subsystem in children with VCFS, suggesting underlying abnormalities in the intraparietal sulcus.
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B. De Smedt, A. Swillen, K. Devriendt, J.P. Fryns, L. Verschaffel, P. Ghesquière,