Effects of focal brain lesions on visual problem-solving

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 387-398

  Miller, Laurie A ^a,b,c   Tippett, Lynette J ^b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive flexibility; Divergent thinking; Frontal lobes; Higher visual processing; Parietal lobes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PROBLEM SOLVING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THINKING; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EID: 0029923291     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0028-3932(95)00116-6     Document Type: Article

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